Best Lemon Biscuits Recipes

BLUEBERRY-LEMON BREAKFAST BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
• Remove biscuits from the can and split in half crosswise, for a total of 10 biscuits. Place 5 biscuits on the prepared cookie sheet; divide blueberries over the tops. Cover blueberries with the remaining biscuits.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 18 to 22 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes.
• Combine powdered sugar, lemon juice, and zest in a small bowl. Brush biscuits tops with 1/2 of the glaze. Let sit until glaze has set, about 5 minutes. Repeat with remaining glaze.

LEMON BLUEBERRY BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. In a large bowl, whisk the first 5 ingredients. In another bowl, whisk yogurt, egg, melted butter and lemon zest until blended. Add to flour mixture; stir just until moistened. Fold in blueberries., Drop by 1/3 cupfuls 1 in. apart onto a greased baking sheet. Bake 15-18 minutes or until light brown., In a small bowl, combine glaze ingredients; stir until smooth. Drizzle over warm biscuits.

NONNA'S LEMON RICOTTA BISCUITS

Steps:

• Line 12 muffin cups with paper liners. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl to blend. Using an electric mixer, beat 1 cup sugar, butter, and lemon zest in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in the ricotta. Beat in the egg, lemon juice, and almond extract. Add the dry ingredients and stir just until blended (the batter will be thick and fluffy).
• Divide the batter among the prepared muffin cups. Sprinkle the almonds and then the remaining 1 teaspoon of sugar over the muffins. Bake until the muffins just become pale golden on top, about 20 minutes. Cool slightly. Serve warm or at room temperature.

BLUEBERRY SHORTCAKES WITH LEMON AND THYME BISCUITS

Steps:

• For berries:
• Combine all ingredients in large saucepan. Stir over medium heat until berries are slightly softened and syrup coats spoon, about 10 minutes. Transfer to medium glass bowl. DO AHEAD: Can be made 3 days ahead. Cover and chill. Bring to room temperature before serving.
• For biscuits:
• Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 425°F. Line large rimmed baking sheet with silicone baking mat, smooth side up, or parchment paper. Mix buttermilk, lemon peel, and thyme in small bowl. Whisk next 5 ingredients in large bowl to blend, breaking up any large clumps of brown sugar with fingertips. Add butter and rub in with fingertips until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add buttermilk mixture and stir with fork just until blended (dough will be sticky). Transfer dough to lightly floured work surface. Knead gently just until dough comes together, 4 to 5 turns (do not overwork dough or shortcakes will be tough). Pat dough out to 3/4-inchthick round. Using 3-inch-diameter cookie cutter dipped in flour, cut out dough rounds. Gently gather dough scraps and pat out to 3/4-inch thickness. Cut out additional rounds, for 6 rounds total. Transfer dough rounds to prepared baking sheet, spacing apart. Sprinkle dough rounds with raw sugar.
• Bake biscuits until golden and tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 15 minutes. Transfer to rack; cool slightly.
• Using serrated knife, carefully cut biscuits horizontally in half. Place bottom half of each biscuit on each of 6 plates. Spoon blueberries and syrup over, dividing equally. Cover with biscuit tops. Place scoop of ice cream or dollop of whipped cream alongside each and serve.
• Also called turbinado or demerara sugar; available at most supermarkets and at natural foods stores.

FRIED CHICKEN AND BISCUITS WITH RED-EYE GRAVY, ROMAINE SLAW AND LEMON JAM

Steps:

• For the chicken: Combine the buttermilk, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika and pepper in a large bowl. Add the chicken thighs and marinate in the refrigerator for 24 hours.
• For the cheddar biscuits: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Combine the flour, baking powder, sugar, salt and pepper in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, and mix.
• Add the shortening and butter and mix on low speed until the mixture resembles cornmeal. Add the cheese and mix. Slowly stir in the buttermilk while mixing, just until combined; do not over mix.
• Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and roll out to about an inch in thickness; be careful not to overwork the dough. Cut, using a 3-inch biscuit cutter, and place the biscuits on a sheet pan lined with parchment paper. Brush with melted butter. Bake until the tops are just golden brown, 12 to 15 minutes.
• For the lemon jam: Put the lemon slices in a small saucepot and cover with 1 1/2 cups water and the sugar. Cook on low heat for about 2 hours, stirring occasionally, until the mixture has cooked down to a syrup consistency.
• For the red-eye gravy: Make a roux by combining the butter and flour in a saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, about 20 minutes. Add the brewed and ground espresso, milk, cream and sausage, and stir well to incorporate the roux. Add the hot sauce, paprika, garlic powder, and salt and pepper to taste. Cook on low heat until the mixture has a thick, gravy consistency, about 45 minutes.
• For the romaine slaw: Combine the romaine, sour cream, olive oil, red onions, chives, pickled jalapenos and salt and pepper to taste in a large salad bowl and toss well.
• To finish the fried chicken: Heat a few inches of canola oil in a fryer or deep skillet to 320 degrees F. Combine the flour, salt, pepper and smoked paprika in a shallow bowl. Drain the thighs in a colander, and then dredge in the flour mixture. Fry a few pieces at a time in the hot oil until the chicken reaches an internal temperature of 165 degrees F and has a golden brown crust.
• For each serving, place a dollop of red-eye gravy in the center of the plate. Cut a biscuit in half and place the bottom half atop the gravy. Top with a fried chicken thigh, another dollop of gravy, a fried egg, 1/2 cup romaine slaw and a dollop of lemon jam. Place the top half of the biscuit on top and drizzle with 1/2 cup more gravy. Repeat with the remaining ingredients.

LEMON BISCUITS

Steps:

• Stir together the butter, sugar, egg yolk, vanilla and zest from 1 lemon using a wooden spoon. Stir in the flour - you might need to get your hands in at the end. Tip onto a floured surface, bring together into a smooth dough, then roll out, half at a time, and stamp out 5-6cm rounds. Keep re-rolling trimmings, you should get about 40 biscuits. Arrange on trays lined with baking parchment, cover with cling film and chill for 30 mins.
• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Bake the biscuits for 8-12 mins until pale golden, then cool. Once cool, spread half the biscuits with a little lemon curd and top with a second biscuit. Arrange the biscuits on wire racks over trays. Mix enough lemon juice into the icing sugar to give a runny consistency, then drizzle over the biscuits. Scatter over a bit more lemon zest and leave to set.

LEMON MYRTLE BISCUITS (COOKIES)

Steps:

• Cream together sugar and butter.
• Add the eggs one at a time.
• Mix together the sifted flour and Lemon Myrtle.
• Once the eggs are combined stir in the flour and Lemon Myrtle mix until combined. Do not over mix the dough.
• Roll dough mixute into small balls about the size of a walnut. Place on to greased biscuit baking trays.
• With a floured fork, press each ball slightly.
• Bake in a moderate oven for 12 to 15 minutes or until golden brown.
• Cool on a tray.
• Store in an airtight container.

LEMON TEA BISCUITS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. Cut in shortening until mixture resembles fine crumbs. Stir in milk and lemon juice just until moistened. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; knead 8-10 times. , Roll out to 1/2-in. thickness; cut with a floured 2-1/2-in. biscuit cutter. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 450° until golden brown, 8-10 minutes., Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine lemon butter ingredients until blended. Serve with warm biscuits.

LEMON BLUEBERRY BISCUITS

Steps:

• Combine dry ingredients.
• Combine yogurt, egg, butter and lemon peel; stir into dry ingredients.
• Fold in blueberries.
• Drop by tablespoon onto a greased baking sheet.
• Note: to make biscuits that are more shapely, round the tablespoon of dough in your floured hands or use a small ice cream scoop that has a scraping bit (you know the kind with the thumb level that scrapes the scoop out of the hollow!) and then place on baking sheet.
• Bake at 400 F for 15-18 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Combine glaze ingredients; drizzle over warm biscuits.

LEMON-THYME BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, wheat germ, salt, lemon zest and thyme in a medium bowl. Using a pastry blender or your fingers, work the butter into the flour mixture until it is in pea-size pieces. Gently stir in the buttermilk with a wooden spoon until just moistened. The dough will be loose.
• Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead 3 to 5 times, just until it comes together. (Don't overknead or the biscuits will be tough.) Roll out to 1/2 inch thick, then cut out biscuits using a floured 2-inch-round cutter. Arrange on an ungreased baking sheet. Reroll the scraps and cut out more biscuits. Brush the tops with water and sprinkle lightly with salt and thyme.
• Bake the biscuits until golden brown, 12 to 15 minutes. Serve warm.

LEMON BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease baking sheets.
• Sift flour, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl.
• Mix sugar, melted butter, and vanilla extract together in a separate bowl until creamy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until incorporated. Mix in dry ingredients.
• Roll dough about 1/8 inch thick on a lightly floured board. Cut into squares or rounds and place 1 inch apart on cookie sheet. Sprinkle with granulated sugar.
• Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until golden.

LEMON THYME BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425*F.
• Lightly oil a baking sheet.
• Place the butter pieces and lemon peel in a medium bowl or in food processor.
• Sift the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt over the butter.
• By hand or with the food processor, mix the butter into the flour until evenly distributed.
• Add the thyme and mix well.
• Add the buttermilk and stir or pulse briefly.
• The dough will be soft and a little sticky.
• On a lightly floured surface, pat the dough into a 9-inch circle that is about 1/2 inch thick.
• Slice it into six pie-shaped wedges.
• Place the wedges on the prepared baking sheet and brush the tops with a little buttermilk.
• Bake for 20 minutes, until the biscuits are firm and nice and golden brown.
• Serve immediately.
• Enjoy!

LEMON-POPPY SEED BUTTERMILK BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, baking soda, poppy seeds, and lemon zest for 30 seconds. Toss butter into dry mixture to evenly coat, then press between your fingers to create flower-petal shapes and return to bowl.
• Slowly drizzle buttermilk over flour-butter mixture (to evenly distribute) while stirring with a fork. Stop stirring when dough begins to form but mixture is still crumbly. Transfer to center of a parchment-lined baking sheet. Gather dough with your hands, pressing firmly to bind, and flatten it into a 6-by-10-inch rectangle. Lift parchment along a short end of dough and fold in half, forming a 6-by-5-inch rectangle. Turn dough 90 degrees; gently reflatten to 6 by 10 inches. Fold in half again and flatten slightly into a 6-inch square.
• To keep things easy, form the dough on the same tray it's baked on. Cut it into thirds in both directions with a large, sharp knife, to form 9 biscuits. Brush tops with buttermilk. Bake until puffed, golden brown on top, and hollow-sounding when tapped on bottom, 16 to 18 minutes. Transfer to a kitchen towel-lined basket; cover to keep warm. Serve with strawberries or jam and whipped cream.

ENGLISH LEMON BISCUITS/COOKIES

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 170C/gas 3.
• Cream the butter until soft & creamy.
• Beat in the sugar, until pale & fluffy.
• Add the zest of 1 un-waxed lemon.
• Add the plain flour.
• Bring together to form a firm dough.
• Turn onto a floured surface & roll to around a cm thick.
• Use a crinkle biscuit/scone cutter for a more professional look
• Use a palette knife to transfer onto a baking sheet (no need to pre-grease).
• bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes, or until they are light golden brown and slightly firm on top.
• transfer the biscuits to a cooling rack.
• Once cooled eat up & enjoy!

LEMON CURRANT BISCUITS

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar.
• Add egg and mix well.
• Add grated lemon rind and dry ingredients.
• Add currants.
• Roll teaspoonfuls of mixture into balls and place on lightly greased baking tray.
• Press balls lightly with fork.
• (dip fork in flour and shake off excess).
• Bake 180'-190'C (Gas mark 4) for about 15-20 minutes- or until they are just slightly golden in colour- not browned.

NONNA'S LEMON RICOTTA BISCUITS

Steps:

• Line 12 muffin cups with paper liners and preheat oven to 350°.
• Whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl to blend.
• Using an electric mixer, beat together 1 cup sugar, butter, and lemon zest in a large bowl until light and fluffy.
• Beat in the ricotta, then the egg, lemon juice, and almond extract.
• Add the dry ingredients and stir just until blended (the batter will be thick and fluffy).
• Divide the batter among the prepared muffin cups.
• Sprinkle the almonds and then the remaining 1 teaspoon of sugar over the muffins.
• Bake until the muffins just become pale golden on top, about 20 minutes.
• Cool slightly and serve warm.

LEMON BISCUITS

Steps:

• preheat oven to 180/gas 4
• mix flour, bicarbonate soda caster sugar,brownsugar+ salt in the food processor till combined
• Add melted butter,zest+lemon juice and pulse till soft dough, then place in fridge to chill for 30minutes before rolling into 30 balls
• Place biscuits on greased trays,flatten slightly+bake for 10-12 minutes till golden

LEMON AND CONDENSED MILK BISCUITS (BOTSWANA)

Steps:

• Cream together the butter and sugar, then add the condensed milk and keep blending until well mixed.
• Add the lemon juice and grated zest, then sift together the dry ingredients and add that too. Keep blending until the ingredients are well-incorporated.
• Take teaspoons of dough and roll them into balls, then place them on a greased baking sheet and flatten gently with a fork.
• Bake at about 335 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes, or until starting to brown underneath. Let cool, then dust with powdered sugar.

LEMON EGG BISCUITS

Steps:

• 1. Measure flour into a large bowl, making a well in the center; Add all ingredients into the well. Mix until smooth. (batter will be sticky; add a little milk until you have the correct consistency and all incorporated).
• 2. Flour hands and roll into small balls.
• 3. Place on lightly greased cookie sheet approximately 1/2-inch apart.
• 4. Bake at 325 degrees for 12-15 minutes.
• 5. Cool thouroughly on wire racks and frost. You may sprinkle sugared candy on top, if you wish.

SPICED LEMON & GINGER BISCUITS

Steps:

• Mix the butter and sugar with a wooden spoon. Stir in the spices, lemon zest and flour, then tip in the candied lemon peel and stem ginger - you might need to get your hands in to bring the mix together as a dough. Divide the dough in two and shape each half into a log about 5cm across. Wrap in cling film, then chill for 1 hr. You can freeze the unbaked dough for up to three months.
• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Slice the logs into 1cm-thick rounds, place on two baking trays lined with baking parchment and bake for 12-15 mins. Leave to cool completely on the tray.
• Mix the lemon juice with the icing sugar to make a thin glaze. Brush over the biscuits and leave to set. Will keep for three days in an airtight container.