Recipes for Chanukah: Orange dreidel biscuits
Chanukah isn’t only about latkes and donuts. Let Denise Phillips show you how to be a little bit more adventurous in the festive kitchen
Chanukah isn’t only about latkes and donuts. Denise Phillips showS you how to be a little bit more adventurous in the festive kitchen! Here, she makes some Chanukah-themed biscuits!
Preparation Time: 20 minutes. Cooking Time: 8- 10 mins
Ingredients
- 100g unsalted butter or margerine
- 2 tablespoons icing sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon grated orange zest
- 100g Brazil nuts – ground in a food processor
- 200g plain flour
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon almond essence
- Topping: Coloured icing, hundreds and thousands
Method
- In a food processor, cream together butter or margarine
and sugar until light and fluffy. - Stir in the egg, orange zest, and ground Brazil nuts.
- Sift together flour and baking powder. Add to the creamed mixture.
- Mix well. Stir in almond essence.
- Pre-heat the oven to 180ºC/Gas mark 4.
- Roll out dough 2cm thick on a lightly floured board.
- Cut into dreidel or other desired shapes.
- Bake on a tray lined with non-stick baking parchment for 15 minutes.
- When cool, pipe a selection of Hebrew letters.
Makes: biscuits
Keep community journalism free.
Jewish News is free for everyone. No paywall. No barriers. Just trusted journalism for anyone who wants to stay connected to Jewish life in Britain.
If you value that, please support us.
From as little as £5 a month, you can help keep our journalism free and accessible to all.
Every day, we report on the issues that matter to our community. We celebrate achievements, support charities, challenge antisemitism and ensure Jewish voices are heard more widely.
From as little as £5 a month, you can help us continue to:
- Report on the stories shaping Jewish life in the UK and beyond
- Bring our community together through shared stories, events and campaigns
- Celebrate the people, culture and moments that define our community
- Support organisations doing vital work across Jewish Britain
You can make a one-off donation or become a regular supporter. Every contribution helps keep our journalism free, independent and accessible to all.
If everyone who values Jewish News gave a small amount, it would make a real difference to our future.
