Jamie Oliver's Citrus Cookies

Very tasty, crumbly citrus cookies from Jamie Oliver - fragrant with citrus and a crumbly shortbread note. Quick to make, and the recipe yields a large batch. Everyone will love these, I recommend them!

Jamie Oliver's Citrus Cookies

Crumbly shortbread cookies with orange and lemon zest, based on Jamie Oliver's recipe - quick to make and yields a big batch.

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Chilling the dough 20 minutes mins

Total Time 55 minutes mins

Servings: 40 cookies

Course: Cookies

Cuisine: Home cooking

Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients

  

• 200 g butter
• 125 g powdered sugar
• 350 g flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• orange zest to taste
• lemon zest to taste

Method

 

1. Beat the butter with the powdered sugar into a light, airy mixture.
2. Add the baking powder and zest, and mix.
3. Add the flour and knead the dough by hand, but only briefly. Gather the dough into a ball and put it in the fridge for 20 minutes.
4. Roll out the dough into a very thin sheet, about 2 mm thick, and cut out cookies using cutters.
5. Bake in an oven preheated to 180-190C for 10-15 minutes. The finished cookies should be golden and very fragrant. Bon appetit!
   

Notes

Don't overwork the dough - how briefly you knead it determines how crumbly the cookies turn out.

Tips

• Don't knead the dough for long - just enough for it to come together: this keeps the cookies crumbly.
• Roll the dough out very thin, about 2 mm - the cookies will bake quickly and evenly.
• Adjust the amount of orange and lemon zest to taste - the more you add, the more fragrant the cookies.