A basic recipe for buttery, melt-in-your-mouth biscuits that can be customized with various flavors and toppings.

Simple Butter Biscuits recipe

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Prep Time
15min
Cook Time
15min
Total Time
30min

Ingredients

24 Servings
(1 serving = 1 biscuit)
  • butter
    butter
    250g
  • granulated sugar
    granulated sugar
    1/2cup
  • icing sugar
    icing sugar
    1/2cup
  • flour
    flour
    2 1/2cups
  • corn flour
    corn flour
    1/2cup

How to make Simple Butter Biscuits

  1. Step 1

    Set oven to 180°C.

  2. Step 2

    Use an electric beater to beat butter until light in color and fluffy (about 2 minutes).

  3. Step 3

    Sift icing sugar into flour followed by the corn flour.

  4. Step 4

    Slowly add the flour mixture to the beaten butter and sugar.

  5. Step 5

    Mix well.

  6. Step 6

    Roll out on a floured surface and use a biscuit cutter. You can add sprinkles before baking or dunk them into chocolate after baking.

  7. Step 7

    Bake biscuits for 10-15 minutes.

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories

161.5kcal (8.07%)

Protein

1.4g (2.88%)

Carbs

13.5g (4.92%)

Sugars

6.3g (12.5%)

Healthy Fat

3.5g

Unhealthy Fat

7.3g

% Daily Value based on a 2000 calorie diet

Tips & Tricks

  1. With this biscuit recipe, you can make all kinds of biscuits:

  2. Add almonds and coat them in icing sugar once baked.

  3. Add a tablespoon of cocoa powder to make chocolate biscuits and sandwich them with baking chocolate.

  4. Add a tablespoon of custard powder to make yummy custard biscuits.

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