Makes approximately 12 biscuits.
Ingredients
115g butter at room temperature
55g golden caster sugar
Pinch of salt
Generous pinch of ground clove
Handful of edible flower petals (I've used calendula, cornflower and viola from
Greens of Devon)
130g plain flour
40g rice flour
Caster sugar to finish
Method
Place the butter into a large mixing bowl and beat. Add the sugar, salt and ground clove and beat further. Sift in the two types of flour and mix until the texture of breadcrumbs. Add the flower petals, mixing through and forming into a ball of dough with your hands.
Roll into a sausage shape, cover in clingfilm and place in the fridge for an hour. Preheat the oven to 150oC. Remove the dough from the fridge and slice into rounds about 1cm thick.
Place onto a baking sheet lined with greaseproof paper and bake for 30 minutes, or until cooked but not browned. Cool, then sprinkle with caster sugar and cool further on a wire rack.
Will keep for a few days in an airtight container, although we snaffled the lot, in two.
