How to Prepare Yummy Biscuits

Biscuits. Moist, lightly sweet biscuits are just perfect for breakfast or a cup of tea in the afternoon. This is as close as I could get to the store bakery version. My husband and kids loved these just as much as the store bought biscuits. We make a lactose free version with vanilla soy milk and margarine, but have made the milk variety for others. The first step to making great simple biscuits is to whisk together your dry ingredients.

Use the biggest mixing bowl you got and just give the flour, baking powder and salt a quick whisk—just to get them incorporated. Then grab your cold butter and cut it into cubes. Cut into circles with a biscuit cutter or a floured glass. You can have Biscuits using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Biscuits

1. It's 4 of oz/100g Flour self raising.
2. You need of (if self raising not available add 1tsp if baking powder).
3. Prepare 4 oz of /100g Butter or cooking fat for a less rich taste.
4. Prepare 4 oz of /100g Sugar.
5. You need of Extras use if you want for variety combinations to your taste.
6. It's of Chocolate powder.
7. Prepare of Vanilla.
8. You need of Choc chips.
9. It's of Cinnamon, ginger,.
10. It's of Chopped nuts.
11. You need of Dried fruit (ie cranberries).
12. Prepare of Orange /lemon zest.

Arrange on a greased baking sheet. Biscuits can take on very different meanings in different parts of the world. In North America, they are meant to be a flaky and soft leavened quick bread. Ideally they should have tender flaky.

Biscuits step by step

1. Soften butter, add sugar to butter mix until light and fluffy mixture made, preheat oven 180°C.
2. Add flour a bit at a time until a stiff paste is made, add chocolate etc at this stage.
3. Spoon small mounds on to a baking sheet, I have heard walnut size, flatten, with a fork for good shape, just not too big. leave space between your biscuits as they spread a little when cooking,.
4. When cooked leave on tray until cool as need to set and crisp up.
5. Serve.

In a large bowl combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt together. Cut butter into mixture until it begins to look like cornmeal. Make a well with flour mixture and slowly add milk into the middle. My biscuits won the Best Quick Bread division at my county fair. One of the judges liked it so much, she asked for the recipe!