Simple Lemon Biscuits

These are an ideal biscuit to make when learning to cook, they are quick and easy to make and wonderful to eat.

Ingredients
6oz/175g plain flour
4oz/110g diced butter at room temperature
finely grated zest of 1 lemon
2oz/55g caster sugar

Method
1 Place a sieve over a large mixing bowl.
2 Spoon in the flour.
3 Shake the flour into the mixing bowl.
4 Add the butter.
5 Using the fingertips only, rub the butter into the flour until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
6 Add the lemon zest and the caster sugar.
7 Continue to form the mixture into a stiff dough.
8 Sprinkle the work surface and rolling pin with plain flour.
9 Roll the dough out to thickness of a biscuit.
10 Dip a cookie cutter into the plain flour, shake off the excess.
11 Stamp out as many rounds as you can.
12 Re-roll the dough as necessary.
13 Place the rounds of dough onto a baking tray.
14 Prick with a fork.
15 Bake at 180 degrees centigrade/gas mark 4 for about 5 to 8 minutes or until a pale golden brown.
16 Place the baking tray onto a wire rack for 5 minutes.
17 Using a pallette knife transfer the biscuits off the baking tray directly onto the wire cooling rack.
18 Leave to cool completely.

Store in the biscuit tin or an airtight container.