Dundee Biscuits, also known as Scottish oat cakes, dress up nicely when garnished with almonds.
Dundee Biscuits
2014-10-03 01:07:49
Yield: 18 biscuits
Ingredients
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup sugar
- ¼ cup quick-cooking oats
- ¼ cup butter
- ⅓ cup milk
- 1 large egg, divided
- Sliced almonds
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°.
- In a medium bowl, combine flour, sugar, and oats. Using a pastry blender, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- In a small bowl, combine milk and egg yolk; stir into flour mixture.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to ½-inch thickness. Using 1½-inch round cutter, cut biscuits. Place on baking sheet. Brush with lightly beaten egg white and top with sliced almonds.
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned.
- Transfer to wire racks to cool.
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From TeaTime September/October 2006
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It works! Every other Dundee biscuit recipe omits milk thus making it impossible to bind together the ingredients. ( Maybe I’m just doing something wrong…but I don’t know what).