I've always been wary of baking biscuits every since every effort when I was a child results in wafer-thin burnt sugary crisps, but this recipe is easy, fast and produced delicious biscuits. The flavour's really good and if you fancy, you can throw in a few other ingredients: they carry herbs of your choice quite well too, adding another dimension to the taste! This recipe makes 24 biscuits.
Ingredients:
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100g unsalted butter
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½ tsp of vanilla extract
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100g caster sugar
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250 g self raising flour
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40g Demerara sugar
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85g chopped walnuts
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1 large egg (free range, of course)
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15g walnut pieces to finish
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Pre-heat the oven to 180ᵒC. Put the soft butter into a
mixing bowl with both sugars and beat well with a wooden spoon or an electric mixer.
Lightly beat the egg with the vanilla, then beat into the butter mixture. Sift
the flour into the bowl and work in with a wooden spoon or your hands. Add the
chopped nuts and work in. If adding other flavours/herbs, do this now.
Using floured hands, divide the mixture into 24 even-sized
pieces and shape each into a ball. Set the balls well apart on the prepared
baking sheets (sheets already lightly greased) and flatten with a fork. Scatter
the walnut pieces over the biscuits and gently press in. Bake for about 10
minutes or until golden with light brown edges.
Remove from the oven and leave the biscuits on the baking
sheets for a couple of minutes to firm up, then transfer to a wire rack and
leave to cool completely. Store in an airtight container and eat within five
days.
Today's learning:
Biscuits are surprisingly easy to make!
Picture from: http://elizabethryan-bakingcakes.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/week-10-biscuits-walnut-crumbles.html
Recipe adapted from: Collister, L. (2011) The Great British Bake Off: How to Bake. London: BBC Books
Picture from: http://elizabethryan-bakingcakes.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/week-10-biscuits-walnut-crumbles.html
Recipe adapted from: Collister, L. (2011) The Great British Bake Off: How to Bake. London: BBC Books
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