Bunny Biscuits Recipe

Bunny Biscuits is a traditional British recipe for a classic biscuit (cookie) flavoured with cinnamon and lemon zest which is shaped into rabbits and traditionally served at Easter time. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic British version of: Bunny Biscuits.

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Bunny Biscuits Recipe

Ingredients:

100g (1/2 cup) butter
150g (1 1/4 cups) plain flour
50g (1/4 cup) light muscovado sugar
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
finely-grated zest of one lemon
yolk of one large egg
2-3 tbsp water
currants and marshmallows to decorate

Method:

Cut the butter into small cubes and mix with the flour in a mixing bowl using your hands until the mix resembles fine breadcrumbs. Stir-in the muscovado sugar, ground cinnamon and the grated lemon rind then add the egg yolk and just enough water to form a soft dough. Tip the dough onto a floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic before rolling out 0.5cm thick.

Cut out biscuits with a rabbit-shaped cutter or make a template and cut out biscuits with a knife. Transfer each shaped biscuit to un-greased baking sheets and bake in an oven pre-heated to  180ºC (350ºF), Gas Mark 4 for 10–15 minutes until they're a pale golden colour. Transfer to a wire rack and allow to cool completely.

Decorate each biscuit with currants for eyes and marshmallows for tails, fixing them with a little decorating icing.


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Bunny Biscuits https://fabulousfusionfood.blogspot.com/2019/04/bunny-biscuits-recipe.html Bunny Biscuits. This is a classic British recipe for an Easter-themed biscuit (cookie) of cinnamon and lemon zest dough cut in the shape of and decorated as a rabbit. https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgENikbStIM3A0pP9CtSPNVJDmzYsUUlEbdREhyphenhyphen20xOYbRJyXlHyTrsCE3fDXv6a6x-QgpiPPau2IxxRH6l9G7PKjZraDIvwcjGGDDlJ6uAY6jXydiVcla1N-CSGcGXnH6Xrv5ih5Y3-_0/s1600/gingerbread-bunnies.png 2019-04-17
Yield: 12

Bunny Biscuits

Bunny Biscuits. This is a classic British recipe for an Easter-themed biscuit (cookie) of cinnamon and lemon zest dough cut in the shape of and decorated as a rabbit.
prep time: 10 mins cook time: 15 mins total time: 25 mins

Ingredients:

  • 100g (1/2 cup) butter
  • 150g (1 1/4 cups) plain flour
  • 50g (1/4 cup) light muscovado sugar
  • 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • finely-grated zest of one lemon
  • yolk of one large egg
  • 2-3 tbsp water
  • currants and marshmallows to decorate

Method:

  1. Cut the butter into small cubes and mix with the flour in a mixing bowl using your hands until the mix resembles fine breadcrumbs. Stir-in the muscovado sugar, ground cinnamon and the grated lemon rind then add the egg yolk and just enough water to form a soft dough. Tip the dough onto a floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic before rolling out 0.5cm thick.
  2. Cut out biscuits with a rabbit-shaped cutter or make a template and cut out biscuits with a knife. Transfer each shaped biscuit to un-greased baking sheets and bake in an oven pre-heated to 180ºC (350ºF), Gas Mark 4 for 10–15 minutes until they're a pale golden colour. Transfer to a wire rack and allow to cool completely.
  3. Decorate each biscuit with currants for eyes and marshmallows for tails, fixing them with a little decorating icing.
Bunny Biscuits
© Dyfed Lloyd Evans

For more Easter recipes and a little about the history of Easter go to my Easter information and Easter Recipes page.

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