Courgette Biscuits

 Courgette Biscuits

Prep:15min    Cook:10min   Ready in:25min  

N.B. Chill dough 1 hr.

Ingredients

125g butter softened

200g caster sugar

1 egg

125g grated courgette

280g plain flour

1 teaspoon bicarb of soda

½ teaspoon baking powder

1/2  teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

150g sultanas or raisins

Method

Grate the courgette and put in a sieve.  Mix with the salt and leave for 30 mins.  Squeeze out as much liquid as possible. Very important!

In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in the egg then stir in the courgette. Combine the flour, bicarb, BP, and cinnamon; stir into the courgette mixture. Mix in sultanas. Cover dough and chill for at least 1 hour. I found leaving it too long made it difficult to teaspoon out!

Preheat oven to 190 C. Cover the baking tray with baking parchment paper (I then spray it with Spray and cook) and drop dough by teaspoonfuls onto the prepared baking trays. Biscuits should be about 5cm apart.

Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven until set. Allow biscuits to cool slightly on the trays before removing to wire racks to cool completely.

When cool put back onto trays and dry in the oven at 100C  for a couple of hours. 

Enjoy and they keep for a couple of weeks in a tin if you do not eat them quicker!!

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