Easy everyday biscuit recipe (09.03.17)

BASIC BISCUIT DOUGH

½ I butter
¾ cup icing sugar
½ cup maizena

Method
Beat together till light and fluffy; add ± 2 cups flour to form soft dough

RAFFAELLO BISCUITS

250 g butter
½ cup icing sugar
½ cup oil
½ cup almonds
½ cup pista
½ cup pecan nuts
½ cup maizena
Flour as required
Method:
Cream butter n sugar. Add nuts to mixture. Add mazeina and flour to form soft dough. Roll into balls,_
Bake in 180 degrees oven for about 15 minutes! When cool dip in white melted chocolate and roll in chocolate

NOUGHAT BISCUIT

500 grams butter
1 cup ground almonds (roasted for a nice flavour),
1 cup maizena
1 cup icing sugar
4 cups flour that’s for the biscuit dough

Method
Beat butter, almonds, maizena and icing sugar till creamy, form dough with flour._
Roll out a bit thick and cut out in ovals or whatever shape and bake like normal biscuits.

Nougat
5 oz icing sugar
4 oz honey,
1 oz powdered glucose
2 egg whites

Method
_Beat everything together on double boiler until thick and glossy. Decorate the biscuit sides with chocolate and green pista and pipe with nougat on the top.

COCONUT BISCUITS

½ Ib butter
½ cup oil
1 cup castor sugar
2 cups coconut
1 tblsp cinnamon
1 tsp elachi
1 tsp ground ginger

Method
Beat butter, oil and castor sugar till creamy, add rest of ingredients and make soft dough with enough flour, cut with cutter and decorate with peanuts before baking

CRUNCHIE BISCUITS

½ Ib butter
¾ cup castor sugar
1 ½ cups coconut
1 cup corn flakes (crushed)
½ cup nuts
1 egg
½ tsp baking powder

Method
Beat butter and castor sugar, add rest of ingredients and mix well, form dough with flour, shape and bake. Decorate as desired

MACHINE BISCUITS
250g butter
1 ¼ cup icing sugar
Vanilla essence
Beat above till fluffy and creamy
Then add 2 eggs
And beat for a few minutes

By hand mix in the other ingredients
1 ¼ tsp baking powder
4 level tbsp custard powder
Flour as needed
It’s meant to be soft dough
So don’t add too much flour

Pipe through the biscuit machine
Sprinkle 100 n 1000s on top
Bake 170oc till lightly golden

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