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Spiced acorn biscuits

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The flour amounts vary here depending on how dark you want your biscuits – acorn flour varies in colour depending on what kind of acorn it’s made from, so if you have a very dark batch, you might want to add more plain flour. Squirrel and acorn cutters are available at whitestuff.com.

MAKES 24 PREP 20 mins plus chilling and cooling COOK 10 mins per batch EASY V G

200g unsalted butter, cubed 275-300g plain flour, plus extra for dusting 25-50g acorn flour 100g golden caster sugar 1 egg, plus 1 yolk

½ tsp vanilla extract

1 tsp mixed spice or cinnamon white icing or melted chocolate, to decorate

1 Rub the butter into the flours using your fingers until the mixture resembles breadcrumb­s, then stir in the sugar, the egg and yolk, vanilla, mixed spice or cinnamon and bring together to form a dough. Roll out on a lightly floured surface and stamp out 6cm round biscuits (or any shape you like). Re-roll the trimmings and repeat. Arrange on parchment-lined trays and chill for 30 mins.

2 Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Bake the biscuits for 10 mins, then leave to cool. Decorate with icing, or dip one side in chocolate and leave to set.

PER BISCUIT 138 kcals • fat 8g • saturates 5g • carbs 14g • sugars 4g • fibre 1g • protein 2g • salt none

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