You’ll Need:

# 12oz (350g) plain flour
# pinch salt
# 1 tsp. mixed spice
# 6oz (150g) butter
# 4oz (100g) caster sugar
# 3oz (75g) currants
# 1 lemon, finely grated rind
# 1 egg beaten
# 1 tbsp. milk

Directions : # Sift flour, salt and spice into a bowl
# Rub in butter, add sugar, currants and lemon rind
# Beat egg and milk, add to make a pliable dough
# Roll out just under a quarter inch (5mm) thick
# Cut out biscuits using a 3inch(75cm) fluted cutter and transfer to lightly greased baking sheets
# Use scraps to make more biscuits
# Bake at 375F, Gas Mark 5, 190C for 10-12 minutes
# Cool on a wire rac