Basic Biscuit
(cookie) Recipe
:
for boring Saturday afternoons
(Submitted by Elise Goldstone
E-Mail)
Ingedients :
1 kilogram of Cake Flour
500 grams of Margarine
500 grams of Sugar
5 Eggs
2 tablespoons of Baking Powder
2 teaspoons of Salt
Method :
- Sift the dry ingredients, except the Sugar, together into a
mixing bowl.
- Cream the Margarine and Sugar in another bowl until light
and fluffy.
- Add the Eggs to the creamed mixture, one by one, beating
well after each addition.
- Fold in the dry ingredients and mix well. The mixture can be
frozen at this point for later use.
- Roll the dough out to a thickness of 5 mm on a lightly
floured surface and press out biscuits with a cutter. Place on a greased baking sheet and
bake in the oven at 180°C for 10 minutes.
Variations :
- Spice biscuits : Add 1 teaspoon each of
Ground Ginger, Ground Cinnamon and Mixed Spice to the dry ingredients.
- Coconut biscuits : Add 120 grams of
Desiccated Coconut to the dry ingredients.
- Coffee biscuits : Add 50 ml Coffee essence
to the dough.
- Chocolate Chip biscuits : Add 80 grams of
Chocolate Chips to dry ingredients.
- Nut biscuits : Add 80 grams of Chopped
Unsalted Nuts to dry ingredients.
NOTE: To freeze, shape dough into long rolls 4 to 5 cm in
diameter, wrap well and freeze. To bake, cut the rolls into 5 to 7 mm slices and bake on a
greased baking sheet as above for 7 to 10 minutes.
This page was last updated : Thursday, October 04, 2001
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