Briony’s Apple Cider Empire Biscuits recipe - The Great British Bake Off

Ingredients

• 2 large eggs and 2 large egg yolks
• 280g unsalted butter, softened
• 150g caster sugar
• 1 tsp Madagascan vanilla extract
• 370g plain flour
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 500g Bramley apples, peeled, cored and chopped
• 400ml apple cider
• pared zest of 1 unwaxed lime
• pared zest of 1 unwaxed orange
• 1 tbsp lime juice
• 1 cinnamon stick
• pinch of ground nutmeg
• pinch of ground cinnamon
• 250g jam sugar
• 2 jazz apples, thinly sliced
• 175ml apple cider
• 125g light brown soft sugar
• ½ tsp apple cider vinegar
• ½ tsp lime juice
• ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
• ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
• 150g icing sugar
• 2–3 tsp whole milk