Biscuits soaked in syrup (urmasice or hurmasice)

Ingredients

• 125 g of unsalted butter, softened
• 1/4 of a cup of sour cream
• 1 egg
• 1 and 1/2 cups of plain flour
• 1/2 a teaspoon of baking powder
• 2 dessert spoons of caster sugar

For Syrup:

• 1/4 of a cup of sugar
• 1 and 1/2 cups of water
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
• 1 dessert spoon of lemon juice

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Preparation

• Preheat oven to 170 degrees celcius. Beat butter until light and fluffy.
• Add in the caster sugar, beat, then the sour cream, beat in well, then the egg.
• Mix until throughly combined. If mixture curdles just continue to beat until creamy.
• Sift in combined flour and baking powder and stir until combined.
• Using a tablespoon of the dough, make a ball and gently roll over the rough edge of a grater.
• Continue with the rest of the dough and place on a large baking tray. Bake for 25-30 minutes .
• For the syrup:
  In a small saucepan, combine the sugar, water, vanilla and lemon juice. Bring to the boil and continue boiling for 5 minutes.
• Place cooked biscuits in a shallow dish. Tip over the syrup and leave biscuits to soak the syrup up for 4 hours.
• Then refrigerate for 2 hours. Serve as is or with some whipped cream.