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Brown Butter Biscuits
Brown butter biscuits is a recipe adapted from page 42 of the July/August 2022 edition of Tesco's magazine.
Ingredients
- stick butter, 125 g/4.4 oz1 stick
- cup superfine sugar, superfine, 110 g½ cup
- egg1
- teaspoon vanilla extract1 teaspoon
- cups self-rising flour, 350 g2½ cups
Quantities are auto-calculated from the original recipe as a guide. Items without numbers (e.g. “to taste”) are not changed.
Method 11 steps
Preheat the oven to . Line 2 baking sheets.
Melt the butter in a pan over a medium heat for 3–5 minutes until the surface is foamy.
Leave it to cool for 5 minutes.
Whisk in the sugar until dissolved.
Leave it to cool for 10–15 minutes until lukewarm.
Beat in the eggs and vanilla.
Fold in the flour until combined.
Roll the dough into 20 balls and place on the prepared baking sheets.
Flatten the biscuits with a fork.
Bake for 12–14 minutes until golden.
Transfer the biscuits to a wire rack and leave it to cool.
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