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C1aire
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Can anyone help?
Every time I make them they spread and join up so that I have one mega-biscuit the size of the baking tray. Is my mixture too runny?
I have one foolproof recipe that uses egg whites to bind it all and that is like concrete when it goes in the oven. Should all biscuit dough be like this?
Looks like I'll be hiding last night's disaster under custard...
Every time I make them they spread and join up so that I have one mega-biscuit the size of the baking tray. Is my mixture too runny?
I have one foolproof recipe that uses egg whites to bind it all and that is like concrete when it goes in the oven. Should all biscuit dough be like this?
Looks like I'll be hiding last night's disaster under custard...
Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realise that we cannot eat money.
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Most biscuits I've made have tended to spread out a lot. I now deliberately use smaller spoon sizes and also put fewer on each tray. When I last did ginger biscuits I was down to just four!
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Good thinking! I was considering making the next batch in a bun tray. My boyfriend was quite happy though with the idea of a biscuit the size of the baking tray until he tried to get it off the tray... :rotfl:Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realise that we cannot eat money.0
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What kind of biscuits are you trying to make? I use the following cookie recipe:
75g butter
175g demerara sugar (I use white as slightly cheaper and it works fine)
1 egg, beaten
175g self raising flour
choc/fruit etc
1) Preheat oven to 180C
2) Cream together butter and sugar, then add egg and beat til fluffy
3) Sieve flour and fold in with chocolate/fruit/nuts etc.
4) Lightly grease a baking sheet on a tray and put small balls of the mix onto it. The mix makes about 20-24.
5) Bake for 12 mins (maybe a little more if oven is not fan assisted). Leave to cool on tray for a few mins, then carefully transfer to wire rack to cool
And so long as you keep the balls of dough small (say, 3cm across) then they will be ok. Oh, and leave at least an inch between each one.0 -
i make a basic fork biscuit.
100g soften butter
50g caster sugar
150g self raising flour.
mix all in one bowl. then make little balls about size of walnuts and squash with a wet fork. simple
i often add a tea spoon of ground ginger . or a tea spoon of ground almond. but fav at the mo is chopped up cherries , flaked almonds and choc chips. i have tried adding coconut. but for this reduce the amount of flour. so say add 100g flour and 50g coconut.
also can add cocoa powder. again reduce the flour and make up with cocoa powder.
i then cook these on a greased baking tray at gas mark 4 for about 15 mins. until lightly golden.
they are really scrummy.0 -
C1aire wrote:Good thinking! I was considering making the next batch in a bun tray. My boyfriend was quite happy though with the idea of a biscuit the size of the baking tray until he tried to get it off the tray... :rotfl:
When it all mixes together, just cut the large biscuit into squares on the tray (use an egg lifter/fish slice), let it cool and harden for about 5 minutes, then lift off the tray onto a cooling rack to finish cooling. Now you one big biscuit is lots of small ones.Save the earth, it's the only planet with chocolate!
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That's exactly what I had to do TKP, but the chocolate chips meant that some bits are more delicate (and yummy) than others. Raven, that is exactly the recipe I used! I'll be trying the fork biscuits next time. If at first you don't succeed...Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realise that we cannot eat money.0
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