Spiced Fennel, Lemon and Sesame Biscuits

Name: Spiced Fennel, Lemon and Sesame Biscuits
Yield: Makes about 20
Ingredients: 80 g (2 ½ oz) icing sugar; 140 g (4 ½ oz) flour; 200 g (6 ½ oz) unsalted butter, at room temperature; 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest; ¼ teaspoon paprika; ½ teaspoon baking powder; 80 g (2 ½ oz) cornflour; 40 g (1 ⅓ oz) tablespoons polenta; 3 teaspoons sesame seeds, toasted; 1 teaspoon ground fennel seeds; 50 g (1 ⅔ oz) brown sugar

Preparation info

Makes about
20

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A World in My Kitchen

By Peter Gordon

Published 2003

About

Slightly savoury and just a little sweet, these biscuits provide a strangely delicious addition to the tea trolley.

Ingredients

200 g (6 ½ oz) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 teaspoon finely grated lem

Vegetarian
Cookies
Spicy

Method

Preheat oven to 170°C/340°F/Gas Mark 3–4. Line two baking tray with baking paper. Cream butter with lemon zest and icing sugar. Sift in flours, polenta, paprika and baking powder. Add fennel and sesame seeds and mix to combine. Roll walnut-sized pieces into balls. Roll each ball in bro