Crunchy Oatmeal Biscuits

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Ingredients:
175g/4oz/1/2 cup butter or margarine, at room temperature 175g/4oz/1/2
cup castor sugar 1 egg yolk 175g/6oz/1 1/2 cups plain flour 5ml/1 tsp
bicarbonate of soda 2.5ml/1/2 tsp salt 50g/2oz/2/3 cup small crunchy nugget
cereal
For nutty biscuits, substitute an equal quantity of chopped walnuts or pecan nuts for the cereal.
Method
1. Cream the butter or margarine and sugat together until light and fluffy. Mix in the egg yolk
2. Sift over the flou, bicarbonate of soda and salt, then stir into the butter mixture. Add the oats
and cereal and stir to blend. Chill for at least 20 minutes.
3.Preheat the oven to 190 degree C/375 degree F/Gas 5. Grease a baking sheet.
4. Roll the mixture into balls. Place them on the baking sheet and flatten with the base of a
floured glass.
5. Bake until golden, about 10-12 minutes. The with a paletter knife, transfer to a wire rack to
cool. Store in an airtight container.

Today's Recipe - Eggless Chocolate Chip Biscuits

Contains Egg: No

Ingredents: 125 gm butter 125 gm castor/powdered sugar 1/4 cup milk + 1 tsp sugar150 gm flour 125 gm chocolate chips 100 gm melted chocolate for
decoration

Method: Whip butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Stir in the milk mixture, followed by the flour and chocolate chips. Place in spoonfuls on a lightly oiled
sheet and Bake in a moderate oven at 180 degrees C for ten to twenty minutes or until golden in color. Cool slightly before removing from tray. Decorate
with melted chocolate.

1800 Beaten Biscuits

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Ingredients :
2

cup

Flour

1/2 tsp

Salt

Sugar

tbl

1/4 cup

Shortening

1/2 cup

Ice water

Method :
Mix the flour and salt and sugar together. Cut in the
shortening and add enough ice water to make a stiff dough.
Beat your dough with a mallet until it is smooth, folding
frequently. Takes about 20 mins then roll out the dough, cut
with a small cookie cutter or tin can rim. Bake these for 30 mins
in a 375 degree oven. If desired dust these with some powdered
sugar.

Makes 20 small biscuits or cookies.

- Flour

This is the finely ground grain of wheat, corn, rice, oat, rye, or barley.

- Shortening

Any fat, liquid, or solid used in pastry, dough, or batter for making the resulting
product flakier, richer, or more tender.
In common use are hydrogenated shortenings like butter, lard, margarine, and the
edible oils.

4 - Ingredient Biscuits
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Ingredients :
2

cups flour

tbl

MAGIC Baking Powder

Method :
MIX flour and baking powder
CUT IN cream Cheese, (any flavour*) with two knives, your
hands or a food processor to form a crumbly mixture.
STIR IN milk and a handful of desired add-ins (see
options below), stirring until dough holds together.
PAT dough 3/4 thick on floured surface. Cut out 10-12

250 gram tub PHILADELPHIA

Spread Cream Cheese

1/2 cup

milk

biscuits with the top of a glass or a cutter. Place on cookie sheet

and bake at 425 F for 12 min-15 min.
Try adding in a few handfuls of:
KRAFT Double Cheddar Shredded Cheese
Dried cranberries, apricots, dates or raisins BAKER'S Chocolate
Chips
A spoonful of orange or lemon zest
Different flavours of cream cheese
Try mixing biscuit dough with:
With two forks or knives
With hands
Food processor
Try shaping differently:
Round and scored
Squared and scored
Cookie cutters
For dumplings, drop batter by the spoonful onto soups or stews
and simmer for 10-15 minutes.
Note: Only use regular cream cheese as the light variety
will produce a lumpy biscuit

- Lemon

A yellow citrus fruit with a juicy flesh and a acidic juice.

This simple fruit is a powerful flavoring agent that finds hundreds of uses in
desserts, drinks, marinades, and drinks.

Abernethy Biscuits
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Ingredients :

oz

Flour

oz

Butter

tbl

Sugar

tsp

Cream of tartar

1/2 tsp

Bicarbonate of soda

tbl

Milk

pch

Salt

Method :
Sift flour, salt, bicarbonate of soda, cream of tartar
together.
Rub in butter until mixture looks like bread crumbs.
Dissolve sugar in milk, stir into flour/butter mixture.
Form into stiff dough.
Roll out to a thickness of 1/4 inch.
Cut in squares; prick all over.
Bake in oven at 350 F (180 C) for 20 minutes.
Makes about 10 biscuits.
NOTES : A popular biscuit, as the Scots call cookies, to go
with a cup of tea.

- Cream

To beat butter, or butter and sugar to a light consistency about twice its original
volume.

This is the portion of milk that rises to the top when milk has not been
homogenized.

Almond Honey Bunny Biscuits

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Ingredients :
2

cup

flour

tbl

baking powder

tsp

salt

1/2 cup

LAND O LAKES(r) Butter

3/4 cup

2% milk

1/2 cup

sliced almonds

honey

tbl

Preheat oven to 450 F.

Method :
Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl.
Cut in butter until mixture is crumbly.

In another bowl, combine milk, almonds and honey. Add

to flour mixture, stirring just until moistened.

Knead dough briefly, 8 to 10 times, then shape into a

ball. Roll out on a lightly floured surface to 3/4 inch thick. Using
a biscuit cutter, cut into bunny shapes. Place about 1 inch apart
on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake until golden, 10 to 12
minutes.

Always Ready Biscuits

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Ingredients :

cup

flour

1/2

cup

dry milk powder

1/4

cup

baking powder

1/4

cup

sugar

tsp

salt

tsp

cream of tartar

cup

shortening

1 1/2 cup

water

Method :
In a large bowl, mix all dry ingredients together until well
combined.
Cut shortening into flour until mixture resembles coarse
crumbs.
Using fork, stir in water until mixture is just moistened.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Turn dough onto wellfloured surface.
Lightly flour your hands and knead dough 8 to 10 times
until smooth.
Pat out dough about 3/4-inch thick, cut into 1 1/2-inch
squares or cut with biscuit cutter, do not twist biscuit cutter.
Place about 1/2-inch apart on baking sheet and bake 20 to 25
minutes or until golden.
Makes about 5 dozen.
To freeze, prepare but do not bake. Freeze then place in
plastic bags. Remove squares as needed and bake frozen for 30
to 35 minutes. Ingredients may be mixed, stored in container,
water added and baked as needed.

- Shortening

Any fat, liquid, or solid used in pastry, dough, or batter for making the resulting
product flakier, richer, or more tender.
In common use are hydrogenated shortenings like butter, lard, margarine, and the
edible oils.

American Country Biscuits

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Ingredients :
2

cup

Flour

2 1/2 tsp

Double-acting baking
powder

tsp

Sugar

tsp

Salt

tbl

Butter

3/4

cup

Milk

Method :
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
Combine all the dry ingredients in a large bowl. Cut the
butter into small bits and stir them into the dry ingredients,
using your finger tips to make sure its well combined. (Note:I
used a pastry cutter.worked just as well as my fingers and lot
less messy.) Next,slowly add the milk to the mixture while
stirring continually. Once the milk has been added, knead the
dough for one minute until smooth. Roll the dough out to
quarter inch thickness.
Cut into squares and place on a dry cookie sheet. Place
the cookie sheet on the middle shelf. Bake for 12 minutes and
feel secure in knowing that you have passed on a small piece of
America's heritage on to your children.

Anzac Biscuits
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Ingredients :

1/2 cup

Butter

Golden syrup

tbl

1/2 tsp

Bicarbonate of soda

tbl

Boiling water

cup

Uncooked rolled oats

cup

Desiccated coconut

cup

Plain flour

cup

Brown sugar

tsp

Ginger

Method :
Here's a recipe from the Embassy of Australia, makes 5
dozen. Melt butter and golden syrup in large pan over a low
heat. Add bicarbonate of soda mixed with boiling water.
Combine dry ingredients in a mixing bowl, then pour melted
mixture into center and mix to a moist but firm consistency.
Drop slightly rounded teaspoonful of mixture on to cold
greased tray. Cook for about 15 minutes in a moderate oven.
Cool on a wire rack.
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Anzac Biscuits
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Ingredients :

Method :

oz

Flour

oz

Sugar

cup

Coconut

cup

Rolled oats

3 1/2 oz

Butter

tbl

Golden syrup

1/2

tsp

Bicarbonate soda

tbl

Boiling water

Mix together flour, sugar, coconut and rolled oats. Melt

butter and golden syrup. Dissolve bicarb soda in the boiling
water and add to butter and golden syrup. Make a well in the
centre of the flour, stir in the liquid.
Place in spoonfuls on greased trays. Bake 15-20 minutes
at 180 deg C (350 deg F).
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NANKHATAI (Butter Biscuits):

Maida 200gms
Sugar 120gms
Shortning 1/4 tspn
Baking soda 1/4 tspn
cardamum/nutmeg For flavour
Pista For decoration
Yogurt 3table spn
Method:
Cream,fat/sugar till light and fluffy
Add soda, nutmeg/cardamum, yogurt and mix well. (NOTE DO NOT add all 3table spn
of yogurt at once).
Add sieved maida and make a stiff dough.
Divide the dough into small portions (aprox. 35)
Shape the Nankhatai and place on greased baking sheets one inch apart.
Place pista on top of each Nankhatai.
Bake at 300 degree F for about 20 mts.

Buttered
Biscuits

Tasty mouth watering cookies

Ingredients 2 cups self-rising flour
1/2 cup butter or margarine
2/3 cup buttermilk

Method

1. Mix butter into flour. Add buttermilk and stir.

2. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls on a greased cookie sheet.
3.Bake at 450 degrees F (230 degrees C) for 10 -12 minutes

Sour
Cream
Biscuits

Yummmmieeeeeeee
Ingredients 2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon baking soda
3 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 cup sour cream
1 to 2 tablespoons water

Method

1. Mix together flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder. Add sour cream and
mix to a soft dough. Add additional water if necessary.
2. With well floured hands shape dough into round biscuit shapes.
3.Bake at 450 degrees F (230 degrees C) for 12 -15 minutes.

Honey Cookies
3/4 cup oil,
1/4 cup honey
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. vanilla
1/2cup nuts (optional, i use powdered almonds as both my kids don't like nuts..)

powdered sugar/honey to sprinkle/glaze.

Method:
Preheat oven to 200 degrees C. mix together the Oil and honey. Add remaining
ingredients except the powdered sugar/honey. mix it well . dough will be stiff, knead
well to make make a uniform one. then take lemon size and press them as cookies .
asusual place them at uniform interval on a aluminium foiled tray..(this is to ensure it
does not become black on the underside.). bake at the same temperature until they
are ligtly brown. they are tasty as soft ones also.FIL and DD like it soft. DS likes it
crisp. so this is what i do.. i remove half the batch as it is over..but turn the rest
upside down and leave it inside for one more minute.
The aroma of honey from the baking cookies is divine...
Remove them and sprinkle sugar or glaze it with honey.

Apple cookies
Ingredients:
3/4 cup oil
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla essence

1 cup grated, apple.

2 cups flour
1/4tsp cinnamon
1 tsp.and a pinch - baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
Method :
In a bowl mix oil, sugar and vanilla,cinnamon well, to a creamy consistency. Add
grated apple and blend well. Sieve together flour, baking powder and salt. Add flour
mixture to apple mixture, mixing well, dough will be sticky.freeze it to make it hard
say 10 minutes.or you can just drop them on the baking tray and make drop
cookies..
when ready to bake, preheat oven to 200 degrees C. remove the dough, either make
round ones..or you can cut them into cookies shapes..Bake about 15 minutes or just
until edges begin to brown.
The ones in the picture are drop cookies...

Custard powder biscuits:

Ingredients:
Maida : 2cup
Oil : 3/4 cup
Custard Powder : 1/2 a cup
Baking Powder : 2 or 3 pinch

Baking soda : 1 pinch

Tooty fuity : for decoration.
Powdered sugar : 1 cup
Vanilla essence : 2 drops
Method :
Mix powdered sugar, and oil. beat till fluffy and smooth. sieve maida, baking
soda,baking powder,custard powder together. add this to the sugar and oil mixture.
knead and make a nice dough. then just take small balls and place it on your palm
and press. then just put a few tooty fruity on top.
bake it in a preheated oven at 200degree cent for 10 minutes.
The biscuits come in a nice colour and are nice to taste.

Maida : 1/2cup
Oats : 11/2cup
Oil : 1/2 cup
Baking Powder : 3 pinch
Baking soda : 1 pinch
fresh/Dessicated coconut. - as desired.
Powdered sugar : 1 cup

Cocoa powder - 2 tblsp.

Method :
Mix powdered sugar, and oil. beat till fluffy and smooth. sieve maida, baking
soda,baking powder and cocoa powder. add this to the sugar and oil mixture along
with the coconut,oats. knead and make a nice dough. then just take small balls and
place it on your palm and press.
bake it in a preheated oven at 180 degree cent for 10 - 12 minutes. (just test the
time according to your oven by baking 2 cookies)
They are nice to look at and are very crunchy.

Coconut Cookies
Preparation Time : 10
Cooking Time : 15
Serves / Makes :

Ingredients
80 gm flour
40 gm butter
1/4 tsp baking powder
50 gm powder sugar
40 gm desiccated coconut
2 1/2 tbsp water / milk
2-3 drops vanilla essence
Method
1. Sieve flour, soda and baking powder.
2. Cream the butter and sugar very well. Now add flour and desiccated coconut, vanilla essence
and make into a soft dough with milk/water.
3. Roll the dough into a square butter paper and chill it till hard. (Do not freeze).
4. Bake at 175 C till done.
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