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lemon clouds

Recipe by
Clare Chambers
Beckermet

These biscuits are incredibly delicate and melt in the mouth. The Lemon icing gives them a bit of a kick.

yield 33 filled biscuits
prep time 30 Min
cook time 10 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For lemon clouds

  • 8 oz
    buter - softened
  • 2 1/4 oz
    icing sugar (confectioner's)
  • 1 tsp
    lemon juice
  • zest of one lemon
  • 7 oz
    plain flour (all purpose)
  • 2 1/4 oz
    cornflour (corn starch)
  • ICING (FROSTING)
  • 3 oz
    butter - very soft
  • 8 oz
    icing sugar (confectioner's)
  • 2 Tbsp
    https://www.justapinch.com/recipes/sauce-spread/sauce-spread-jam/lemon-curd.html?p=20
  • 1 Tbsp
    warm milk

How To Make lemon clouds

  • 1
    Tips: Put baking tray in fridge to cool before mix dough Between batches wash and dry baking tray and place in freezer for about 5 minutes. Any biscuits that do not press correctly pick up the dough and add back into spare dough. After each loading of the press do a couple of practice presses straight into bowl with dough in and then scrap excess dough from bottom of press with spatula. If you do not have a cookie press use a piping bag / tube and rosette nozzle.
  • 2
    Pre-heat oven to 175C. Using electric hand held mixer cream butter until smooth and paler in colour. Add sugar, lemon juice and zest and mix until smooth.
  • 3
    Sift together flour and cornflour, add to butter and combine well until it forms a very soft dough.
  • 4
    Put some dough in cookie press or piping tube. Press cookies directly onto cooled baking tray.
  • 5
    Bake for 8 minutes. Cool fully on cooling rack before putting the biscuits together.
  • 6
    To make the icing (frosting): Using electric hand held mixer cream butter until smooth and paler in colour. Add lemon curd and milk, mix until smooth. Add icing sugar a little at a time and mix well.
  • 7
    Sandwich the biscuits together and enjoy.
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