Oilve Oil Biscuits

Submitted by mypinchofitaly

"I have prepared these biscuits by replacing the butter with the oil … a bit for curiosity and some because I have finished the butter, and so, I experienced this recipe … I’m jumping in with both feet! The stuffing with cherry jam is then a personal addition there is really good. In fact, they were … seeing that they disappeared in a moment!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 290 g white flour
• 120 g brown sugar
• 90 g extra virgin olive oil (EVOO)
• 2 eggs
• 1 lemon zest (or orange zest if you prefer)
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 5 ml vanilla extract (or 1 vanilla bean)
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 tablespoon cherry jam
• 1 tablespoon powdered sugar

directions

1. Beat the eggs and gradually add the oil, mix constantly. Then add the brown sugar, mix constantly. Knead the mixture with the flour, add baking powder, lemon zest, vanilla extract and a pinch of salt; you have to get a smooth compact dough ( See picture below ).
2. Put now the dough on a work surface. Wrap the dough in a plastic wrap and put in the refrigerator for about 30/40 minutes. After this time, you can use it for preparing biscuits.
3. Pre-heat the oven.
4. Roll the dough on a chopping board with a rolling-pin. Now with a glass or with a round pastry cutter, make some disks of pastry, the size you prefer. On each pastry disk put a teaspoon of cherry jam and then close it with another piece of pastry.
5. Bake them for about 15/20 minutes in an oven that’s been preheated to 200 degrees. When they begin to brown, take off from the oven, let them cool down, sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve up!