Perfect Biscuits Every Time Recipe

Perfect Biscuits Every Time! {Recipe}

Ingredients:

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 Tbls sugar
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 4 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
• 3/4 cup COLD butter
• 1 egg
• 1 cup milk

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• The secret to excellent biscuits is COLD BUTTER. Really cold. Many times the biscuit dough gets worked so much that the butter softens before the biscuits even go in the oven. Try cutting the butter into small pieces and stick back in the fridge pulling out only when ready to incorporate into the dough.
• Combine the dry ingredients and use a pastry cutter to cut the butter in. Don’t go too crazy here – you want to see small, pea-sized pieces of butter throughout the dough.
• Add in the milk and egg and mix just until the ingredients are combined. The dough will be sticky but don’t keep working it. You should be able to see the butter pieces in the dough.
• Turn the dough out onto a generously floured surface. Sprinkle some flour on to the top of dough so it won’t stick to your fingers and knead 10-15 times. If the dough is super sticky just sprinkle some additional flour.
• Roll or pat the dough out to 3/4 – 1 inch thickness and cut with a biscuit cutter or glass. I ended up with nine this time but depending on who is snacking on biscuit dough, I can get up to 12 biscuits. Place the biscuits on a lightly greased baking sheet and bake for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown.

Recipe: Gingerbread Man + Hello Kitty Biscuits

 Gingerbread Man + Hello Kitty Biscuits

Making these gingerbread biscuits with the kids was very fun.The dough was easy to handle, but because of the hot climate, it got a little sticky towards the end. The kids enjoyed drawing faces and decorating their gingerbread men. We also bought a Hello Kitty cutter, which we used for the first time. It's slightly more tricky using the Hello Kitty cutter as a little more precision is required (ie how thick to roll out the dough as it affects the "legs" of the Hello Kitty and helps it stand). We were very happy with how the biscuits turned out. A beautiful assortment of different shapes!

Above Figures description shown below :-

Hello Kitty Gingerbread Biscuit

I like my Santa plate! :)

  

Concentrating - Baby C did a very good job!

Happy bakers! 

Gingerbread Biscuits

1. Preparation time: 30 minutes
2. Cooking time: 10 - 12 minutes
3. Makes about 20

Ingredients

1. 1 2/3 cups all purpose flour
2. 1/4 tsp salt
3. 2 tsp baking soda
4. 1 heaped tsp ground ginger
5. 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
6. 4 tbsp unsalted butter
7. 1/2 cup brown sugar
8. 1/3 cup golden syrup (or dark corn syrup)
9. 1 tbsp evaporated milk (I omitted this)

1. In a saucepan over medium low heat, heat the butter, sugar and syrup together until dissolved and allow to cool.

2. Sift the flour, salt, baking soda and spices together into a bowl. Once the syrup mixture has cooled, mix into the dry ingredients with the evaporated milk (if using) to make a dough. Chill in fridge for 30 minutes.

3. Preheat oven to 375F/190C and grease two baking sheets. Roll out the cookie dough to about 1/4 inch (5mm) thick and cut into desired shapes (gingerbread man / Hello Kitty / heart).

4. Place on the baking sheets, allowing a little space to spread, and bake for 10-15 minutes until golden. Remove from the oven and let cool slightly for 10 minutes on the baking tray. Transfer to wire rack to cool completely.