Lemon Biscuits

4.25 (35)
⏱ 45 mins 🍽 Makes 20 🌶 british ✅ Easy 🏷 Afternoon tea

These delicate British biscuits offer a delightful zesty flavour, perfect for an afternoon tea spread. The recipe yields about 20 biscuits, taking roughly 45 minutes to prepare and bake. They feature a buttery, lemon-infused dough that is filled with lemon curd and finished with a simple lemon icing. The result is a light, scrumptious treat that truly melts in your mouth.

Lemon Biscuits

Ingredients

  • 200g soft butter
  • 140g caster sugar
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • zest 2 lemons juice 1
  • 280g plain flour plus a little extra for rolling
  • 1/2 jar good lemon curd (we used Tiptree)
  • 140g icing sugar sifted

Method

  1. Combine the soft butter, caster sugar, egg yolk, vanilla extract and zest from one lemon with a wooden spoon. Mix in the plain flour, using your hands if needed to form a dough. Turn the dough onto a floured surface, bring it together, then roll out half at a time. Cut out 5-6cm rounds, re-rolling the trimmings to make about 40 biscuits. Place them on parchment-lined trays, cover with cling film and chill for 30 mins.
  2. Preheat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Bake the biscuits for 8-12 mins until they turn a pale golden colour, then allow them to cool completely. Spread a little lemon curd onto half of the cooled biscuits and sandwich with the remaining halves. Set the biscuits on wire racks over trays. Stir enough lemon juice into the sifted icing sugar to create a runny icing, then drizzle it over the biscuits. Finish by scattering over a bit more lemon zest and leave the icing to set.

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories202 kcal
Fat8 g
Saturates5 g
Carbs31 g
Sugars18 g
Fibre1 g
Protein1 g
Sodium56 mg

Recipe details

Skill levelEasy
CategoryAfternoon tea
Cuisinebritish