Basic Biscuits

Make on simple dough and you can ring the changes with many different flavourings. 

35
Serves
30 mins
Prep Time
(37)
Basic Biscuits

Ingredients

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 190°C. Line a baking tray with baking paper.
  2. Cream the butter, sugar and vanilla together until light and fluffy. Add the egg, beating well. Sift the flour and baking powder together and mix into the creamed mixture. 
  3. Roll heaped teaspoons of mixture into balls and place on the prepared tray. Flatten slightly with a floured fork. 
  4. Bake for about 12 minutes or until pale golden. Leave on tray for 1-2 minutes then place on a wire rack to cool.

 

Note 

  • You can also shape the biscuit dough into a log, wrap it in waxed paper or tinfoil and chill it for an hour or so, then slice into discs for baking. the dough will also keep in the freezer for 1 month. 


Variations

  • Chocolate Biscuits
    Add 2 tablespoons cocoa when sifting flour.
  • Orange Biscuits
    Replace vanilla essence with 1 tablespoon grated orange rind in creamed mixture. 
  • Lemon Biscuits 
    Replace vanilla essence with 2 teaspoons finely grated lemon zest in creamed mixture
  • Spice Biscuits
    Add 2 teaspoons mixed spice when sifting flour.
  • Sultana Biscuits
    Fold ½ cup sultanas into creamed mixture.

Add your review

Anamika

I love this recipe. Had trouble with the second batch tho. the dough was all crumbly and didn't form balls. That might've been my horrible baking skills tho

Kim Aitken

I have been living in Australia for 21 years, but i always make NZ biscuits andcakes, my Ozzie friends love them

Jade

It was not stinking to each other, but the dough was amazing.

Kristin

Iv been making this recipe since I was 8, I 43 now and it never gets old, best with a drop of jam in middle. Love this recipe

henry currie

love this recipe

Anita

Absolute favorite in our family my mum use to make these all the time when we were kids and now they are a favorite with my kids easy to prepare soft and creamy melt in mouth won't make any other recipe and love how this recipe is also a base where you can add ingredients to change flavors

Someone

These taste so good! Especially the cookie dough.

Amos

Cant beat a good ole edmonds recipe, Ive been winging the amount of butter I put in, probably substantially more than the recipe indicates but it still comes out great. And definitely add chocolate drops if you have any, makes them and you 60% more desirable all the time

phyllis clarke

I make those biscuits my husband loves them

Mary Wesley

I used brown sugar that I made from white sugar and molasses. I ran out of flour so used cornflour to make up the 2 cups. I had a packet of golden syrup flavoured oats so I threw them in. Yummy. Great base recipe

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