Our easiest ever biscuit recipes (2024)

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by Malou Herkes

published on 30 April 2020

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Brighten up your day with these super-easy homemade biscuits. We’ve handpicked the quickest and most straightforward recipes, all of them made using everyday baking staples so you don’t have to head out to the shops. You can throw these together in a matter of moments to satisfy those sugar cravings. Got kids at home?These biscuits are simple enough for children to make without too much extra help.

Fork Biscuits

by Mary Berry

from My Kitchen Table: 100 Sweet Treats and Puds

These simple, three-ingredient biscuits are a favourite of Mary Berry, who has been happily making them for years.

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My Kitchen Table: 100 Sweet Treats and Puds

Three-ingredient Shortbread Rounds

by Sarah Rainey

from Three Ingredient Baking

“My amazing grandma used to make the world’s best shortbread. This is her recipe – light, buttery and melt-in-your-mouth delicious”, says Sarah Rainey. Butter, icing sugar and plain flour is all you need to make these easy biscuits. Check out Sarah’s Three Ingredient Bakingpacked with recipes to help you cook from a half-empty baking cupboard.

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Nadiya Hussain’s Cheese Biscuits with Tomato Jam

by Nadiya Hussain

from Nadiya’s Family Favourites

These smoky,cheesy morsels are perfect for anyone with kids, according to Nadiya, who admits her children have a bit of an addiction to them. Combine grated cheese witha few baking staples to make these crisp, salty rounds and servewith sweet tomato jam.

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Bakewell Biscuits

by Miranda Gore Browne

from Biscuit

These chewy, almondy biscuits are packed withcherries for a teatime bite inspired by the British tart. Enhance the experience by making smaller biscuits and sandwiching them together with raspberry jam.

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Mary Berry’s Chocolate Chip Cookies

by Mary Berry

from Simple Cakes

Mary Berry knows a thing or two about making a good biscuit. These chewy cookies can be kept in a tin for about a week, although we doubt they’ll last long enough. Mary’s top tip? For a more grown-up taste, chop a bar of plain chocolate orange into small cubes and use instead of the chocolate chips.

Fork Biscuits

by Mary Berry

from My Kitchen Table: 100 Sweet Treats and Puds

You need just three ingredients to make these cute biscuits – butter, flour and sugar. Whip these up using your store cupboard basics for a simple teatime treat.

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My Kitchen Table: 100 Sweet Treats and Puds

Coffee Kisses

by Linda Collister

from The Great British Bake Off: Big Book of Baking

Raid your cupboards for instant coffee to make these rich, melt-in-the-mouth biscuits. Bake them as individual biscuits or make them more indulgent with a light and fluffy cocoa buttercream.

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The Great British Bake Off: Big Book of Baking

Three-ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies

by Sarah Rainey

from Three Ingredient Baking

Thesecrispy little mouthfuls are the perfect dunkers for tea, and they’re not too sweet either. Simple to throw together, they’re an excellent first-time biscuit for the kids to make themselves.

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Cornish Fairings

by Linda Collister

from The Great British Bake Off: Big Book of Baking

Flavoured with candied lemon, orange peel and spice, these West Country biscuits are made with golden syrup to add a lovely chewy texture.

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Macaroons

by Linda Collister

from The Great British Bake Off: Big Book of Baking

These round, flattish almond biscuits are crisp on the outside with a chewy centre. Decorate with almonds and serve up for an afternoon dunk.

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The Great British Bake Off: Big Book of Baking

Apple Crumble Cookies

by Jamie Oliver

from

This is a useful recipe if you’ve got apples that need using up – apples are dried, blitzed in a food processor and combined with a few baking staples to make these crumbly biscuits.

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FAQs

What is the secret to biscuits? ›

Use Cold Butter for Biscuits

When the biscuit bakes, the butter will melt, releasing steam and creating pockets of air. This makes the biscuits airy and flaky on the inside. We default to our Land O Lakes® Salted Butter when baking biscuits.

Can you make biscuits out of flour and water? ›

QUICK NO MILK, NO BUTTER BISCUITS

Add flour and salt into a container and mix well. Add water and oil. Mix with a fork until the dough come together. Don't need to overdo it.

Where is the recipe in Dreamlight Valley? ›

Disney Dreamlight Valley first Remy recipe book location

The first Remy recipe book location can be found between the trees opposite Goofy's house, in the Peaceful Meadow area of Dreamlight valley, beside the staircase leading to the southern area of Dazzle Beach.

What recipe is worth the most in Dreamlight Valley? ›

This article lists some of the best recipes you can craft for the most Energy replenishment and to sell for the most Star Coin.
  • 8 Bunuelos. ...
  • 7 Vegetable Puffs. ...
  • 6 Potato Leek Soup. ...
  • 5 Basil Omelet. ...
  • 4 Fugu Recipes. ...
  • 3 Lemon Garlic Swordfish. ...
  • 2 Lobster Roll. ...
  • 1 Anglerfish Recipes.
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What is the answer to the riddle biscuit? ›

Answer: strainer

#Hard #Short #What is It?

What are the 7 steps in the biscuit method? ›

Making biscuits is basically composed of seven steps:
  1. Mix some dry ingredients.
  2. "Cut" in some fat.
  3. Mix in some liquid.
  4. Knead the dough.
  5. Roll out the dough.
  6. Cut biscuits.
  7. Bake.

How to do the biscuit method? ›

The biscuit-method, also used for scones, is prepared by sifting together the dry ingredients including flour, salt, sugar, and baking powder, the fat is then cut into the dry ingredients, and the mixture is folded together with the liquid producing a dense yet flakey texture.

What's in Paula Deen's biscuit mix? ›

ingredients
  • 1 (1/4 ounce) package yeast.
  • 12 cup lukewarm water.
  • 5 cups all-purpose flour.
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda.
  • 12 teaspoon salt (see NOTE above)
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder.
  • 2 tablespoons sugar.
  • 34 cup solid shortening (recommend frozen Crisco)

How to make a Mary Berry biscuit? ›

Method
  1. Pre-heat oven to 180°C /fan 160°C/ gas 4. ...
  2. Mix the butter with the caster sugar.
  3. Add the self-raising flour and mix it in well. ...
  4. Using your hands, bring the mixture together to form a dough.
  5. Take a walnut size amount and roll it into a ball and place it on a baking tray. ...
  6. Get a fork and dip it in warm water.
Jan 3, 2024

Which liquid makes the best biscuits? ›

Just as important as the fat is the liquid used to make your biscuits. Our Buttermilk Biscuit recipe offers the choice of using milk or buttermilk. Buttermilk is known for making biscuits tender and adding a zippy tang, so we used that for this test.

What should you not do to biscuit dough? ›

5 Mistakes to Avoid When Making Biscuits
  1. Starting with room-temperature ingredients. Biscuits are a type of quick bread (because they require no rising time before baking) with their moon in pastry. ...
  2. Using a stand mixer or hand mixer. ...
  3. Re-rolling the dough too many times. ...
  4. Taking biscuit-making way too seriously.

How do you learn the cracker recipe in Dreamlight Valley? ›

After a short mission with Mickey titled Mickey's Memories, speak to Mickey in his garden near the plaza to receive a recipe for Crackers, as well as several Wheat seeds. Having planted 3 Wheat seeds, open your Backpack and learn the recipe for Crackers.

How do you make a Dreamlight Valley fruitcake? ›

To make Fruitcake in Disney Dreamlight Valley, players must collect four ingredients; Wheat, and three random Fruits. It's possible to use three different ones or use the same Fruit three times, it all depends on the players.

What food makes the most money in Dreamlight Valley? ›

Growing and Selling Pumpkins

Pumpkins are the best way to make money in Disney Dreamlight Valley, as they sell for a hefty price tag of 664 Star Coins when sold at Goofy's Stall. Like any get-rich-fast scheme, you must invest a small amount initially, but it's worth every penny in the long run.

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