as otherwise your biscuits may come out too soft. Use whole cane sugar for a much crispier, crunchier cookie if you are making a dough with cold butter that you are only going to knead briefly.

Putting a few sugar cubes into the biscuit tin helps keep them ... while incorporating too much extra flour while rolling out the dough will make your biscuits tough and dry.

Putting a few sugar cubes into the biscuit tin helps keep them ... while incorporating too much extra flour while rolling out the dough will make your biscuits tough and dry.

In a large bowl, mix together the butter and caster sugar until soft and pale ... then grate the rind into the biscuit dough. Then slice the lemon in half and squeeze the juice into the bowl ...