Secret Ingredients
- 2 ounces unsalted butter
- 3 1/2 ounces light muscovado sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 orange (rind and 2 tsp juice)
- 6 ounces self raising flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 pinch cinnamon
- 2 ounces polenta
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Directions
- Preheat the oven to gas 3/160°C/325°F.
- Grease a baking sheet.
- Beat together the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat int the egg, then the orange rind, juice, flour, baking powder, cinnamon and polenta.
- Tip the mixture on to a lightly floured surface and knead. Place dough on the baking sheet and flatten with the palm of your hand to make a rectangle approx 25 x 18 cm.
- Bake for 25 minutes, then remove from the oven and leave to stand for 5 mins until slightly cooled. Using a sharp knife, carefully cut the mixture widthways into thin sticks about 1 cm wide.
- Space the cookies out slightly on the baking sheet, then bake for a further 20 minutes until crisp.
- When cool, dust with icing sugar.
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