Currant Tea Biscuits with Orange Honey Butter

Serve with fresh fruit for a wonderful tea-time or anytime snack.

Course Desserts & Sweets
Prep. Time 15 mins
Cooking Time 18 mins
Yields 12 biscuits

Preparation
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Preparation

What You Need

1/3 cup (80 ml) currants

1 cup (250 ml) boiling water

2 cups (500 ml) all-purpose flour

3 tbsp (45 ml) sugar

1 1/2 tbsp (22 ml) baking powder

1/4 tsp (1 ml) salt

1/3 cup (80 ml) butter, cold

1 cup (250 ml) milk

Honey Butter:

1/3 cup (80 ml) butter

2 tbsp (30 ml) creamed honey

1 tsp (5 ml) finely grated orange rind

Instructions

Soak currants in boiling water 5 minutes while preparing remaining ingredients.

Combine flour with sugar, baking powder and salt. Cut in butter until it is in small pieces. Drain currants well, pat dry and add to mixture. Pour milk over dry ingredients and lightly gather dough together with your fingers. Place dough onto a lightly floured board and knead 5 or 6 times.

Pat dough out to a thickness of 3/4 inch (2 cm). Cut into 2 1/4 inch (6 cm) circles. Pat extra dough together lightly and cut out more circles. Place circles of dough onto a buttered and floured cookie sheet. If you wish, dust the top lightly with flour.

Bake in preheated 425 °F (220 °C) oven 15 to 18 minutes.

Honey Butter:
Cream butter and honey together with orange rind. Serve biscuits warm with the creamed butter.

Note: We recommend that you bake the tea biscuits in a conventional oven.

Tips

Microwave Method: Place the currants in a 1 cup (250 mL) glass measuring cup or microwave dish. Add 1/2 tsp (2 mL) water. Cook for 10 to 20 seconds on High (100 % power) or until currants are plump. Continue with step 2 in the conventional recipe.

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Nutritional Info

Per serving

Energy: 213 Calories
Protein: 3 g
Carbohydrate: 27 g
Fat: 11 g
Fibre: 1 g
Sodium: 257 mg

Top 5 nutrients provided by a serving of this recipe

Nutrient (% DV)*

Calcium: 8 % / 90 mg
Selenium: 13 %
Folate: 12 %
Vitamin A: 11 %
Niacin: 9 %

* Note: The daily value (DV) is established by Health Canada and corresponds to the daily quantity recommended for each nutrient. The percentage of the daily value (% DV) indicates the proportion of the nutrient provided by a serving of the recipe, in comparison with the quantity recommended.

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