Hot Cross Easter Biscuits
You and your family will just love these yummy flourless Easter biscuits with all the zesty, sweet spiciness of a classic hot-cross bun. The little orange icing crosses are optional, but they are great fun for giving these biccies the hot-cross bun vibe. An easy and irresistible Easter treat!
This recipe is made without flour, gluten or grains and the main ingredient is ground almonds, which provides lots of protein, healthy fats and calcium. This recipe is also soya-free and egg-free, and will you find the dairy-free switch in the notes below.
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Hot Cross Easter Biscuits
Ingredients
Biscuits
- 50 g Honey
- 50 g Butter
- 200 g Almonds (ground or almond flour)
- 1 tbsp Arrowroot (ground)
- 0.5 tsp Baking Powder
- 0.5 tsp Mixed Spice
- 40 g Currants
- 1 Orange (zest only)
Icing Crosses (optional)
- 4 tbsp Icing Sugar (unrefined)
- 2 tsp Orange Juice
Instructions
- Pre heat the oven to 170°C fan/ 150°C conventional and line two baking trays with silicon liners.
- Put the butter and honey into a small saucepan and melt them gently over a low heat. Set aside to cool.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the ground almonds, ground arrowroot, baking powder and mixed spice. Mix well. Add the currants and orange zest, plus the cooled butter and honey. Mix well, then use your hands to squidge the mixture together into a dough. Pop the dough into the fridge for 10 minutes to firm up.
- Tip the dough onto a worksurface and roll to approximately 5mm thick. Cut into rounds and place onto the prepared baking trays – a jam jar works perfectly for this! Re-roll the dough and keep cutting rounds until it is all used up.
- Bake the biscuits in the pre-heated oven for 15-20 minutes,until golden brown. Remove them from the oven and allow the baked biscuits to sit for a few minutes on their baking trays. Then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.
- Whilst the biscuits are cooling, make the icing which is very quick and easy. Mix the icing sugar and the orange juice together in a small bowl until smooth. Then add to a piping bag and carefully draw a cross on the top of each biscuit.
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