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might have been these ones????
No lard. Dough is very forgiving as long as you use 00 (cake) flour NOT bread flour.
Maybe? I seem to remember a thin lemon icing glaze that dried hard and glossy, and they may or may not have been shaped as knots. It was a long time ago.
But I do remember they absolutely used lard, I remember the thick white fat and faint smell. I could use butter but dairy.
I don’t have either 00 or bread flour, anything I make is generic general purpose flour. It’s not great but reasons of budget and waste (can use it for multiple things)
General purpose would do, but the bikkies would be a bit crisper and not as melting tender.
That’s ok, a lot of my stuff does trade off a bit for economy or efficiency
you absolutely can buy lard, even at colesworth but might it be worth trying Copha instead? That's the stuff you may remember from chocolate crackles
Maybe, and I’ve seen coconut oil listed as a substitute… I also wonder how standard margarine would go >_>