Hot Cross Biscuits

Directions

1. Heat your oven to 425° F. In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, salt, baking powder, sugar, cinnamon, allspice, and raisins. Make a well in the center and add 1 cup of cream plus the lemon and orange zest.
2. Stir the dough together, adding more cream as necessary, just until it all holds together but isn't sticky. Gather the dough into a ball with your hands and press it out into a 1/2 inch-thick round. Cut the dough into 2-inch circles with a biscuit or cookie cutter, gathering the scraps and patting them back out to cut a second round of biscuits.
3. Put the biscuits on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, brush the tops lightly with a little extra cream (if desired), and bake until they are lightly browned on the tops and edges, 12 to 15 minutes. Remove from the oven, transfer to a cooling rack, and allow to cool completely.
4. To make the icing, mix a little lemon juice into the confectioners' sugar bit by bit, just until you've made an icing that is thick enough that it will make a nice, slow drizzle from a spoon (I go by feel and never actually measure how much I exactly use, so I'm just guessing on the quantity listed in the ingredients). Drizzle the icing over the biscuits in a cross shape. Serve fresh!