biscits or however u spell it

[duane]

just wondering does anyone have any nice and easy to follow recipes to make biscits?

from Duane

[admin]

Hi Duane

If you google biscuit recipes you might come up with some. There's lots of different recipes out there.

I'm not very good at making them so I don't have any recipes for you.

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Rhiannon

[Geist3]

Heres one for shortbread which is very easy. I just tried it and it's a very nice result. Although The inside was a little under cooked so it put it back in the oven for a bit longer. Next time i'll make it thinner, about 1cm.

The recipe is from
www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A765948

Ingredients
(you should halve this for first try)
* 8oz (277g) Butter ( I used utterly butterly)
* 4oz (138g) Sugar (granulated is easier to mix but not sure if i was meant to use it)
* 12oz (340g) Plain flour

Method

1. Cream the sugar and butter together (i just stirred and squashed it lots as i'm not sure what cream means), mix in the flour.
2. Rest for about half an hour, then roll out to 1/2"-3/4" (13-20mm) thick.
3. Put into a shallow tray. Prick surface all over with a fork to prevent bubbling.
4. Bake at 180°C, 350°F, Gas Mark 4 for about 30 mins.

And eat or share! My Bro suggested adding cherries.

[duane]

thanks john, i'll try that at some point.

[duane]

I trid to make it but I keep getting the wrong amount of flower, it seems to be too much for what is in the blowl..

I'm gonna get my self one of those digital waying ones. that does grams and oz.

[eva]

I find caster sugar is best for this as it 'creams' easier - which simply means it mixes into a creamy paste when squidged and stirred with a fork or spoon. (Caster sugar is just granulated sugar that's ground a bit finer).

Duane the ratio of flour to fat and sugar looks right to me. Did you sieve the flour? Also, try adding it a bit at a time and mixing it in. You need that much flour to make a dough that isn't all sticky when you come to roll it out. It should be a thick, fairly solid mixture. If you make this often enough, you get a feel for how much flour you need and can stop adding when the consistency of the mixture is right.

[moonraker]

if you want i can have a look in some cook books because me mum well enjoys cooking (unless theres lots and lots) so we have quite a few cook books is there any kind of biscuits you were thinking of making?