Rose petal fancies

Name: Rose petal fancies
Ingredients: 1 egg white; rose petal jelly; pink or red food colouring – optional; pink or red food colouring – optional; a drop of rose essence; 1 tablespoon rosewater; 2 egg yolks, beaten with; 115 g/4 oz/½ cup caster sugar; 115 g/4 oz/1 stick unsalted butter; 150 g/6 oz/1 cup ground rice; 175 g/6 oz/1½ cups self-raising flour

Preparation info

Makes about
20
buns

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Floral Baker

By Frances Bissell

Published 2014

About

Grease or line a baking sheet.

Ingredients

175 g/6 oz/1½ cups self-raising flour
150

Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Sift the flour and ground rice and rub in the butter. Add the sugar and the egg, together with the rose essence and colouring, if using it. Mix well to a stiff paste. Divide into small balls and make a hollow in the middle of each. Spoon in a little rose petal jelly. Place on the baking sheet. Flatte