Butter biscuits

These six-ingredient biscuits are beautifully buttery. Dip them in chocolate and add a dusting of edible glitter for sparkle if you like

Ingredients

• 165 g butter
• 100 g icing sugar
• 1 tsp lemon zest
• 250 g plain flour
• 1 tbsp milk
• 100 g dark chocolate, milk chocolate or white chocolate

Steps

1. Beat the butter with the icing sugar, a pinch of salt and the lemon zest until a smooth.
2. Sift in the flour and add the milk, mix to a dough and then knead briefly. Wrap and chill for 1-2 hours.
3. Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Line 2 baking sheets with baking parchment. Roll the dough out on a floured worksurface to 2mm and cut out different shapes. Arrange the biscuits on the baking sheets, grouping all the same sizes together. Bake for 10-12 minutes until golden, then cool completely.
4. Melt the chocolate in a microwave or in a bowl set over simmering water. Dip one side of each cookie into the chocolate and leave to cool and set.