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Heat your oven to 425u00b0 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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
