Shrewsbury Biscuits Recipe - English Shrewsbury Cake Recipe

Shrewsbury Biscuits Recipe - English Shrewsbury Cake Recipe with step wise pictures.

So easy and buttery shrewsbury biscuits adapted from mary berry cookbook. This cookies is super easy to make and taste great with a cup of coffee or tea.

A Shrewsbury cake or Shrewsbury biscuit is a classic English dessert, named after Shrewsbury, the county town of Shropshire. They are made from dough that contains sugar, flour, egg, butter and lemon zest; dried fruit is also often added. Shrewsbury cakes can be small in size for serving several at a time, or large for serving as a dessert in themselves.

I was looking for a easy butter biscuits recipe for a long time. Finally i made this cookies or biscuits recipe  and it was super hit. This biscuits were crispy and tasty.

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Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.

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Shrewsbury Biscuits Recipe

So easy and buttery shrewsbury biscuits adapted from mary berry cookbook. This cookies is super easy to make and taste great with a cup of coffee or tea.

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Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes minutes

Total Time: 25 minutes minutes

Servings: 15 to 20 cookies

Author: Aarthi

Ingredients

• ▢ Unsalted Butter - 100 grams
• ▢ Caster Sugar - ½ cup 100 grams
• ▢ Egg - 1
• ▢ Lemon Zest - from one lemon grated
• ▢ Currants - 50 grams
• ▢ All Purpose Flour / Maida - 1 ¾ cup 200 grams
• ▢ Caster sugar for sprinkling on top

(My 1 cup measures 240 ml)

Instructions

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  Preheat oven to 180 degree C. Line a baking tray with parchment paper and set aside.
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  Separate one egg. Set aside.
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  Take soft butter in a bowl and add sugar and cream well.
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  Now add in one egg yolk and mix well.
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  Add lemon zest and mix well.
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  Add flour and currant and shape it into a dough.
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  Roll out the dough and cut into rounds.
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  Arrange it on a baking pan. brush top with a beaten egg white and sprinkle caster sugar on top.
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  Bake for 12 to 15 mins.
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  Remove and cool completely.
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  Serve.

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Pictorial:

1)Separate one egg.

2)Take butter in a bowl

3)Add in caster sugar

4)Beat till creamy

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5)Add in one egg yolk

6)Mix well

7)Grate in one lemon zest

8)Add in flour

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9)Add in dried currants

10)Mix well

11)Shape it into a dough ball

12)Place it on a floured surface

13)Roll it out

14)Use a cookie cutter to cut it out

15)I used a fluted round cutter

16)Set aside

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17)Once everything is cut out

18)Place it on a parchment lined baking tray

19)Lightly beat the egg white.

19)Use a pastry brush to brush on top of the biscuits

20)Now everything is brushed well

21)Sprinkle caster sugar over it.

22)Time to bake

23)Done

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24)Serve