Basic Changeable Biscuit
This is a simple, easy, basic biscuit recipe, but you can add a variety of ingredients to change the type of biscuit. Anywhere from sweet to savoury.
Ingredients
Serves: 20
- Basic biscuit
- 125g softened butter
- 1/2 cup sugar
- pinch salt
- 1 cup plain flour
- 1 cup self raising flour
- 1 egg
- splash of milk
Directions
Preparation:10min ›
Cook:8min ›
Extra time:2min ›
Ready in:20min
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C.
- Mix the butter and sugar until you get a soft creamy mixture.
- Add the salt and mix; add the egg and mix.
- Add the flour 1/2 cup at a time, and mix with each addition.
- Add splash of milk if needed and mix.
- Knead the dough until it is not messy and is supple, then roll it out until about 5mm or so thick. The thickness doesn't really matter - 10mm thick if you want - the biscuit will expand a lot.
- Cut using a cookie cutter shape to suit yourself.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes – for a lesser time for a nice soft biscuit, longer time for a harder biscuit - just keep an eye on them.
- For a sweet biscuit, add a tablespoon of hundreds and thousands to the mix.
- You could also add: cinnamon or nutmeg or Pureblends Sweetspice or ginger or allspice or star anise or whatever you want in the way of spices.
- Also try adding peanut butter or almonds.
- Just prior to cooking, sprinkle some coarse sugar on top, and they will end up like "Nice" biscuits.
Changes and Variations
Similar Recipes
Recently Viewed
Reviews and Ratings
Global Ratings:
(28)
Reviews in English (27)
Self-raising flour can be made by adding 1 teaspoon of baking powder to each cup of plain flour needed just in case anyone doesnt have it on hand. - 19 Feb 2010
Wow. Fantastic recipe.I will definitely make again. I dipped them in dark chocolate and they were gone so quickly. Next time I will make a double batch and freeze half. - 24 Apr 2012
Good basic biscuit. Works without rolling it out too, I like denser biscuits. Works with any additions like chocolate chips. - 02 Jul 2011