Basic Biscuits Recipes

Steps:

• Combine and mix ingredients together. Pour out on floured waxed paper. Pat the dough out with your hands until dough is not sticky (add a little flour if necessary). Fold double. Cut biscuits with a biscuit cutter.
• Bake on a cookie sheet at 425 degrees F (220 degrees C) for 20-25 minutes.

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. Cut in shortening until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Combine the egg, milk and honey; stir into flour mixture just until combined. Turn onto a floured surface; knead 8-10 times. Roll out to 1/2-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 2-1/2-in. biscuit cutter. Place 1 in. apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 425° for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°. In a large bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add milk; stir just until moistened., Turn onto a lightly floured surface; knead gently 8-10 times. Pat dough to 1/2-in. thickness. Cut with a 2-1/2-in. biscuit cutter., Place 1 in. apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake until golden brown, 10-15 minutes. Serve warm.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• In a large mixing bowl sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Cut in shortening with fork or pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Pour milk into flour mixture while stirring with a fork. Mix in milk until dough is soft, moist and pulls away from the side of the bowl.
• Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and toss with flour until no longer sticky. Roll dough out into a 1/2 inch thick sheet and cut with a floured biscuit or cookie cutter. Press together unused dough and repeat rolling and cutting procedure.
• Place biscuits on ungreased baking sheets and bake in preheated oven until golden brown, about 10 minutes.

Steps:

• Mix the butter and sugar in a large bowl with a wooden spoon, then add the egg yolk and vanilla extract and briefly beat to combine.
• Sift over the flour and stir until the mixture is well combined - you might need to get your hands in at the end to give everything a really good mix and press the dough together.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees (190 celsius).
• In a large bowl mix sugars, margarine, vanilla and egg white.
• Stir in flour, baking soda and spice and mix until well combined.
• Take 1 rounded tsp of mixture and place on baking tray and press down to desired height (Mine are thin and have a nice crunch; i find this works best if you do not add any other ingredients).
• Bake for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown but not burnt.
• Let cool for 5 minutes so they harden.
• Variations: Fruit, nuts and chocolate chips can be added in step three and mix well.

Steps:

• Mix dry ingredients.
• Put oil in measuring cup and add milk. Do not stir.
• Add to dry ingredients.
• Mix lightly to moisten ingredients and knead one or two times to form ball.
• Roll out on a flat, clean surface, until about 1/2 inch thick.
• Cut into 2" biscuits.
• Bake on an ungreased pan at 475F for 10-12 minutes, until lightly browned.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. In a large bowl, thoroughly combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Use a pastry cutter or a fork to quickly work the butter into the dry ingredients until the mixture resembles coarse meal.
• Add 1/2 cup of the milk and stir with a fork just to combine. Work quickly, stirring as little as possible, until a soft, shaggy dough forms. Add more milk, a tablespoon at a time, if the dough seems too dry.
• Gather the dough into a ball and roll or pat the dough out to a 1/2-inch-thick circle on a lightly floured work surface. Using a 2-inch biscuit cutter or glass, cut out as many biscuits as possible. Place them an inch apart on ungreased baking sheets and bake until golden brown, about 10 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degress.
• Mix the flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
• Using a fork, add the softened butter till the mixture resembles course crumbs.
• Stir in the milk.
• Knead on a floured surface untill dough no longer sticks to your hands.
• Roll out until about 1/2 an inch thick.
• Use a floured glass or cookie cutter, cut dough into circles about 1 1/2 inches wide.
• Bake for 10 minutes or untill golden on the edges.

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 and line a baking sheet with baking parchment. Put the butter in a bowl and beat it with electric beaters until soft and creamy. Beat in the sugar, then the egg and vanilla, and finally the flour to make a dough. If the dough feels a bit sticky, add a little bit more flour and knead it in.
• Pull pieces off the dough and roll them out to about the thickness of two £1 coins on a floured surface. The easiest way to do this with small children is to roll the mixture out on a baking mat. Cut out shapes using a 9cm biscuit cutter, or a use the rim of a small glass and peel away the leftover dough around the edges. Press some clean toys gently into the biscuits, making sure you make enough of a mark without going all the way through. Re-roll off-cuts and repeat.
• Transfer the whole mat or the individual biscuits to the baking sheet and bake for 8-10 mins or until the edges are just brown. Leave to cool for 5 mins, then serve. Will keep for three days in a biscuit tin.