Midnight Biscuits

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2 ounces butter
• 2 ounces caster sugar
• 2 ounces plain flour
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• caster sugar, to dredge

Recipe

• 1 put sugar and butter in a bowl and cream until light and fluffy (or until your arm really aches if having the food mixer on will wake the whole house!).
• 2 sift the flour and cinnamon into the bowl and mix to form a smooth dough.
• 3 roll out on a lightly floured surface to about 1/8in (3mm) thick.
• 4 cut out rounds using a 2in cutter and place on a greased baking sheet.
• 5 knead and reroll trimmings until you have no more dough left.
• 6 dredge the biscuits with caster sugar and bake at gas mark 4/180degc/350degf for 8-9 minutes until just firm to the touch. these biscuits do harden up as they cool - if you leave them to cook until they feel cooked enough you will end up with something which sounds just like a ceramic tile when you tap it against the worktop!
• 7 leave to stand for a minute or two and then transfer to wire racks to cool.