Orange drops

Bored with chocolate eggs Deliver these baked treats on Easter morning instead, and youll be more popular than you-know-who.

Recipe «Orange drops» presented in category Recipes / Appetiziers, to prepare this dish you will need no more 12 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 1 1/2 cups plain flour, 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1/2 cup almond meal, 90g salted butter, at room temperature, 1/2 cup caster sugar , Grated zest of 1 orange, 1 tsp vanilla extract, 2 eggs , Icing sugar, to dust.

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups plain flour 
• 1/2 tsp baking powder 
• 1/2 cup almond meal 
• 90g salted butter, at room temperature 
• 1/2 cup caster sugar 
• Grated zest of 1 orange 
• 1 tsp vanilla extract 
• 2 eggs 
• Icing sugar, to dust 

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C and line a baking tray with baking paper.
2. Combine the flour and baking powder in a bowl, then stir in the almond meal. In a separate bowl, beat butter and sugar with electric beaters until thick and pale. Beat in orange zest, vanilla and 1 egg, then stir in flour mixture until well combined.
3. Divide dough into 24 pieces, then use your hands to roll each piece into a ball. Place a ball on the workbench and pinch twice to form a peak. Transfer to the tray, then repeat with remaining dough. Beat remaining egg with 1 tablespoon water, then use to lightly glaze biscuits.
4. Bake for 10-12 minutes until the biscuits feel firm to touch but are still pale. (Rotate the trays halfway through cooking time, if necessary, to ensure even baking.) Allow to cool on trays for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with icing sugar and serve. Store biscuits in an airtight container for up to 5 days.