12 Dec

Olive Biscuits

From Yogurtland,

Black or green, I love olives in every way they are prepared. Here, I am not even considering the canned sliced black things one can buy in the US supermarkets as olives. They are just not olives. A good cure to olives makes all the difference.

We have them in breakfast, as whole or as a spread, use them as fillings to pastry. Here, in this recipe, the dough contains them and you’ll have a taste of them in every bite, if you are lucky. If you were to try these, go for good olives to get a good result.

(make about 22 – 25 biscuits)

* 3.5 cups of all purpose flour
* 2 eggs (reserve one yolk for brushing the biscuits)
* 1 cup olive oil
* 1 cup plain yoghurt, preferably homemade
* 1 cup pitted, coarsely chopped olives (prefer using calamata or some type of marinated olives)
* 5 scallions (cut into 1/4 – 1/5 inch pieces)
* 1 bunch of fresh mint, finely chopped
* 1 tsps baking powder

  1. Heat your oven to 350F (175C), lay parchment paper on your baking trays, or lightly oil.
  2. Mix all the ingredients (except for one egg yolk, and only 3 cups of flour) together. Add flour until you have soft but workable dough. Do not add too much; your biscuits would be too hard.
  3. Take about an egg, roll like a ball, put them onto cookie sheet
  4. Brush them with slightly beaten egg yolk
  5. Bake in 375F (190C) for 30 – 45 minutes or till brown

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