Favourite Christmas Biscuits (and menu plan 12th - 18th December)

I thought I'd share our favourite Christmas biscuit recipe. The biscuits are quite nice on their own, but the lemon glaze icing adds something special (and tangy)... I hope you enjoy them.

 

Christmas cookies (with lemon glaze icing)

Ingredients:

250g cold butter
2 cups plain flour
3/4 cup caster sugar
1 egg
2 tbs lemon juice
1/2 cup icing sugar

Method:

Blend butter and flour in a food processor until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs
Add caster sugar
Add egg and mix well
Knead dough
Divide mixture in half, flatten into discs and refrigerate 30 minutes

After 30 minutes, knead again, roll onto floured surface and roll to 5 mm thick.
Cut shapes from the dough.
Bake in moderate oven (180 degrees Celsius) for 8-10 minutes
Cool

Make lemon icing by combining icing sugar and lemon juice
Ice biscuits, set for 1 hour.

It is a busy week. I'm going back to work on Thursday and Friday this week, and I'm out to dinner on Tuesday. Tuesday, Thursday and Friday call for easy, dad-friendly meals this week...

Monday: Lamb and mushroom pie (using leftover roast lamb)

Tuesday: Tuna fettuccine (I'm out to dinner with play-group mums)

Wednesday: Chicken and vegetable rissoles, potato and salad (carryover from last week)

Thursday: Fried rice

Friday: BBQ sausages in bread rolls with salad

Saturday: Out for dinner

Sunday: Out for family Christmas afternoon tea, light dinner

What are you cooking/ eating this week?