Easy Christmas Biscuits
This is a good basic biscuit recipe that makes plain biscuits perfect for icing and decorating as Christmas biscuits or as decorated biscuits for any occasion.
Ingredients
Serves: 20
- 225g butter
- 300g caster sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- 225ml sour cream
- 625g plain flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Directions
Preparation:30min ›
Cook:10min ›
Ready in:40min
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar. Beat in the eggs, vanilla and sour cream. Combine the flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg, stir into the creamed mixture until just blended. Dough will be light and sticky. Cover or wrap dough and chill overnight.
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C. On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough out to 3mm thickness. Cut into desired shapes using biscuit cutters. Place biscuits 2 to 3cm apart onto ungreased baking trays.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 8 to 10 minutes, until biscuits turn a very light brown. Remove from baking trays to cool on wire racks. Decorate with your favourite icing recipe if desired.
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Reviews and Ratings
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Reviews in English (29)
Delicious! - 29 Mar 2009
I love this recipe! I use 4 cups of flour, instead of 5 to give them a bit more of a chewy texture. Sometimes I add 1/4 cup of lemon juice to give them a kick! - 07 Jan 2005 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)
This is VERY (granny's calls for 4 1/2 cups of flour)similar to the recipe my grandmother has made for decades. The nutmeg is the best part of these tasty cookies. It isn't Christmas without them. - 11 Dec 2004 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)