Portuguese Lemon Biscuits Recipe
Posted in:
Snack Recipes
Mon, Oct 30, 2017, 23:28
5 out of 5 with 25 ratings
Ingredients
1 cup of butter1 cup of sugar1 lemon (juice and zest)2 eggs1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract1 teaspoon of cinnamon1 teaspoon of baking powder4 and 2/3 cups of flour
Get Portuguese groceries & stuff 
This site uses US measurements.
This site uses US measurements.
Directions
- In a bowl, beat the butter and sugar well until creamy.
- Add the lemon juice and zest, the 2 eggs and the vanilla extract.
- Beat well until the mixture becomes homogeneous.
- Add the flour, cinnamon and baking powder and knead well with your hands until the dough is not very sticky.
- Wrap the dough in sticky film and place it in the refrigerator for about 1 hour.
- After 1 hour, preheat oven to 180°C or 350°F.
- Grease a couple of cookie trays.
- Shape the dough into donuts or other shapes of your choice, place them on the trays and bake them for about 15 minutes or until slightly browned.
- Cool them on a wire rack.
Recipe & Photo Credit: que-massada.blogspot.pt *
Comments
(Leave a comment.)There are no comments for this recipe. (Be the first one to leave a comment.)
You might also like
These sweet golden yellow Portuguese yogurt tarts are delicious and very easy to make.
Tarts form Sintra are a traditional and signature Portuguese pastry.
These simple and delicious Portuguese butter cupcakes (queques de manteiga) take less then 30 minutes to make.