Fork Biscuits
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 16 pieces
This basic, quick biscuit recipe can be used to create all manner of variations by combining with dried fruit, spices, chocolate chips, crystallised ginger ... the possibilities are endless.
Ingredients
- 100g butter, softened
- 50g caster sugar
- 150g self-raising flour
Method
You will need two baking trays.
Preheat the oven to 180°C /fan 160°C.
Line two baking trays with parchment (baking paper) or silicone baking sheets.
Measure the butter into a bowl and beat to soften. Gradually beat in the sugar and then the flour. Bring the mixture together with your hands to form a dough.
Form the dough into 16 balls about the size of a walnut and place spaced well apart on the prepared baking trays.
Dip a fork in a little water and use this to flatten the biscuits.
Bake in the preheated oven for 15–20 minutes until a very pale golden.
Lift off the baking tray and leave to cool completely on a wire rack.
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