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Orange Cinnamon Butter Biscuits

November 28, 2017 by hannahhossack 16 Comments

Orange cinnamon butter biscuits – crisp, buttery, melt-in-the-mouth festive cookies that make great cut-outs for Christmas.

 Orange cinnamon butter biscuits - crisp, buttery, melt-in-the-mouth festive cookies that make great cut-outs for Christmas.

Orange cinnamon butter biscuits - crisp, buttery festive cookies that make great cut-outs for decorating and Christmas. #Christmas #baking #cookies

I’ve been having a lot of fun making and decorating Christmas biscuits this week. The decorating part is quite time consuming if you are trying to do it really neatly and you have a lot of biscuits to get through, but I find it quite relaxing and it is a nice way to while away a cold, wet afternoon.

Top down shot of orange cinnamon butter biscuits in reindeer, Christmas tree, star and snowflake shapes

These orange cinnamon butter biscuits are a really delicious addition to your Christmas baking repertoire. They are crisp, buttery and melt-in-the-mouth with hints of festive orange and cinnamon.

They are a great biscuit for making cut outs as they don’t spread too much in the oven (make sure that you freeze them before baking to help stop them spreading though!), but they are lighter and more delicate than gingerbread so are a great alternative for any gingerbread haters.

Orange cinnamon butter biscuit snowflake cookie with royal icing design

They taste delicious un-iced, but as they make such good cut-outs it would be a shame not to decorate them at all. I like the simplicity of plain white royal icing but do feel free to colour it if you like. Just be sure to use gel rather than liquid colours as liquid ones will alter the consistency of the icing.

I’ve given the recipe for from scratch royal icing below, but as it contains raw egg white, if that is of a concern then it may be best to use the stuff from a packet as that is pasteurised.

Orange cinnamon butter biscuits in a festive snow scene

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Orange Cinnamon Butter Biscuits Recipe:

Top down shot of orange cinnamon butter biscuits in reindeer, Christmas tree, star and snowflake shapes
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Orange Cinnamon Butter Biscuits

Course Dessert
Cuisine British
Keyword biscuits
Author Domestic Gothess

Ingredients

Orange Cinnamon Butter Biscuits:

  • 350 g plain flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 250 g cold, unsalted butter cubed
  • finely grated zest of 2 oranges
  • 150 g icing (powdered) sugar
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 large egg yolk (save the white for the royal icing)
  • 1-2 tsp milk (as needed)

Royal Icing:

  • 235 g icing sugar sifted
  • 2 tsp lemon juice (and more as needed)
  • 1 large egg white (reserved from making the biscuits)

Instructions

Orange Cinnamon Butter Biscuits:

  1. Place the flour, salt, butter and orange zest in a food processor and blitz until it resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add the icing sugar and cinnamon and blitz again to mix through.

  2. Add the vanilla extract and egg yolk and blend again. If the dough doesn't come together then add a little bit of milk, a teaspoon at a time until it does. Be careful not to add too much liquid though, stop as soon as the dough begins to clump together.

  3. Shape the dough into two discs, wrap in clingfilm and pop them in the fridge for half an hour.

  4. Roll the discs out on a lightly floured surface to about 4mm thick and use floured cutters to cut out your choice of shapes. Place them slightly spaced apart on a couple of baking trays lined with baking parchment.

  5. Re-roll the scraps and cut out more shapes. Place the baking trays in the freezer for 15 minutes while you preheat the oven to 180C/350F/gas mark 4.

  6. Bake the frozen biscuits for about 10 minutes, until lightly golden. Leave to cool on the trays for 5 minutes then carefully transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.

Royal Icing:

  1. Once the biscuits are cool, make the royal icing. Sift the icing sugar into a bowl and add the lemon juice. Stir in the egg white a little at a time until the icing is smooth and thick but pipe-able; if you drizzle some back into the bowl the pattern should disappear after about 8 seconds. If it is too thick then add a little more egg white (or lemon juice if you've run out), and if it is too runny then add a little more sifted icing sugar.

  2. Spoon the icing into a piping bag fitted with a 1mm plain round nozzle. Pipe snowflake designs onto the biscuits (Pinterest is a great place to get inspiration for patterns!) and set them aside for half an hour to dry.

Orange and cinnamon butter cookies in reindeer, christmas tree, snowflake and star designs with white royal icing decorations

Filed Under: Baking, Biscuits/Cookies, Recipes, Uncategorized Tagged With: Biscuits/Cookies, Christmas, cookies, Holidays, Orange, royal icing, Spice

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Comments

  1. Ana

    November 29, 2017 at 10:06 am

    Hi!

    Is there any way to make this vegan? I know I can replace the butter for vegan margarine and the milk for soy milk, but what about the egg yolk?

    Thank you,
    Ana

    Reply
    • hannahhossack

      November 29, 2017 at 10:38 pm

      Hi Ana, I haven’t tried veganising this recipe so I can’t be totally sure, but I think that I would try replacing the egg yolk with 1 Tbsp cornflour (cornstarch) and a little extra soy milk as needed to bring it together. In this case the egg yolk is just there to help tenderise the dough and add a little extra richness so hopefully subbing it shouldn’t affect the biscuits too much. Let me know if it works!

      Reply
  2. silvia

    November 29, 2017 at 10:13 am

    5 stars
    Hello, I would like to know whether there is a problem if using raw eggwhites in the recipe, how long wil these cookies last, and if they can be given as a gift for Christmas, taking into account the eggwhites are raw but there are no allergies found.
    Thanks!
    Sílvia.

    Reply
    • hannahhossack

      December 7, 2017 at 10:55 am

      Hi Silvia, the cookies should last for up to a couple of weeks though obviously the fresher the better. I’ve never had a problem with the egg white as there is enough sugar in the icing to preserve it, but if you are concerned about it then I would suggest either using royal icing mix from a packet if you are able to get it as that uses powdered pasteurised egg whites, or use pasteurised egg whites from a carton to make your own icing as per the recipe.

      Reply
  3. Bethany

    November 29, 2017 at 6:59 pm

    Oh! These cookies are just so pretty! I love the way that you have decorated them!

    Reply
  4. Claudia

    November 29, 2017 at 8:16 pm

    Very pretty cookies; they look tasty too! I seem to have gone off Christmas baking since my children are all grown up. This recipe might just inspire me to have another try though, thanks for the nice post.

    Reply
  5. Sally

    December 4, 2017 at 6:04 pm

    5 stars
    Really creative display Hannah. I’m going to try these with Clara

    Reply
  6. Tina

    December 16, 2017 at 1:53 pm

    Where’s the cinnamon?

    Reply
  7. Tina

    December 16, 2017 at 1:55 pm

    NM, I just overlooked it in the recipe. Hmph!

    Reply
  8. Lu

    December 15, 2018 at 2:06 am

    These are beautiful and I want to make them but I don’t have a food processor. How do I mix these then? Thanks.

    Reply
    • hannahhossack

      December 15, 2018 at 9:52 am

      Hi Lu, You can just rub the butter into the flour, salt and orange zest by hand until it resembles fine breadcrumbs then stir in the icing sugar and cinnamon followed by the vanilla extract and egg yolk. I hope you enjoy them!

      Reply
  9. Marianne Fox

    December 8, 2019 at 7:21 pm

    How many biscuits do these quantities make please?

    Reply
    • hannahhossack

      December 10, 2019 at 12:56 pm

      Hi Marianne, unfortunately I can’t really give you an answer as the number of biscuits you get will vary wildly depending on what cookie cutters you use.

      Reply
  10. Jay

    December 21, 2020 at 6:26 pm

    5 stars
    Easy to make and delicious. I found it best to cut the dough into four batches and only take one out of the fridge at a time as it melts and gets very sticky when it warms up. Also, for me they needed more like 12-15 minutes baking. Made approx 20 snowflake biscuits.

    Reply
  11. Charlotte Ticehurst

    December 23, 2020 at 11:32 pm

    5 stars
    Amazing recipie! Tried these Christmas cookies today, so easy to make and really fun as well. They have a great flavour and definitly will be made every Christmas from now on!

    Reply

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