Gluten Free Almond Biscuits

Ingredients:-

7oz Butter or Margarine (using Stork Block will make them Dairy Free too.)

3oz Golden Caster Sugar

4oz Ground Almonds

1 teaspoon Almond Extract

1 teaspoon Xantham Gum

9oz Juvela White Flour Mix

Melted chocolate in a small piping bag for decoration

Method:-

Set the oven to Gas Mark 4 or 180 C.

Cream the butter/margarine and almond extract.  Add the ground almonds, xantham gum and Juvela white flour mix.  Mix well and you will see it come together into a ball.  Get some cling film ready.  Roll the mixture into a tube and wrap in the clingfilm.  Place in the fridge for a good 40 minutes.  Get a large baking tray ready.  Using a sharp knife, cut the tube into slices around 5mm thick if you like a biscuit consistency or thicker if you like chunkier cookies.  You should get 30 biscuits at 5mm thickness.

Place the tray in the middle of the oven for 11 minutes until golden.  

Take out of the oven and leave to cool on the tray.  Once cold, loosen the biscuits from the tray but leave on it while you decorate the biscuits with the piping chocolate.  For extra almond taste, sprinkle some chopped or sliced almonds on top of the chocolate.

Enjoy with a latte or hot chocolate.