Make the dough ahead and freeze, ready to bake whenever needed.
Lemon & Poppyseed Freezer Crinkle Biscuits
Ingredients
- 125 g unsalted butter softened
- 210 g caster sugar
- 2½ cups 350g plain flour
- 1½ tsp baking powder
- 30 g poppy seeds
- 2 large eggs room temperature
- Grated zest and juice of 2 lemons
- 1/2 tsp lemon extract
Crinkle Sugar Topping
- 3 tbsp white sugar
- 3 tbsp icing sugar
Instructions
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Cream together butter and caster sugar in a stand mixer.
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Add all liquid ingredients and mix. Mixture will split, this is fine.
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Mix together lemon zest, baking powder and poppy seeds, and add to stand mixer.
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Combine to form a very loose dough.
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Take two lengths of cling film and spoon a thick cylinder of dough down the centre of each and roll up, twisting the ends of the cling film to make a 'sausage' of dough.
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Freeze for 1-2 hours.
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Cut into equal sized slices and freeze for long term storage.
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When ready to bake, preheat oven to 180℃ before doing anything else.
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Put granulated sugar and icing sugar into two small bowls.
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Remove Frozen dough slices from the freezer, briefly roll each one to make it a little more round in shape, then roll it in granulated sugar, then the icing sugar.
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Place dough balls on baking trays lined with baking paper, and bake for 13-14 minutes.