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Lemony Black Pepper Olive Oil Biscuits

By OcadoLife
A simple teatime snack made with light, summery flavours. Zingy lemon is paired with ground black pepper and olive oil for a brilliant balance of sweet and savoury – you can make the dough ahead of time and bake them…
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Ingredients

9 total
  • 2 lemons, 2tbsp zest and 2tbsp juice
  • 220 g of caster sugar
  • 180 g of plain flour
  • 1 tsp of baking powder
  • 0.25 tsp of salt
  • 2 tsp of ground black pepper
  • 0.5 tsp of bicarbonate of soda
  • 75 ml of olive oil
  • 1 egg

Method

5 steps

  1. Step 1

    Preheat the oven to 200°C/180°C fan/gas 6 and line a large tray with baking paper. In a large bowl, stir the lemon zest and sugar together and leave to infuse for a few mins.

  2. Step 2

    In a separate large bowl, mix together the plain flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, salt and ground black pepper.

  3. Step 3

    Add the olive oil, egg and lemon juice to the sugar mix. Beat until smooth. Then add the flour mixture and beat until just combined.

  4. Step 4

    For each biscuit, measure out 2 rounded teaspoons of dough. Roll into balls (it should make around 25). Place onto the lined baking tray and flatten each one slightly.

  5. Step 5

    Bake for 8-10 mins. The biscuits should still look quite pale when baked. Remove from the oven and leave to rest for a few mins before transferring to a cooling rack. To improve the texture and flavour of your biscuits, you can alternatively leave the dough to rest in the fridge for a couple of hours before rolling into balls.