Easy Homemade Biscuits

honey28

niceshoes wrote:

I'm glad someone asked that - I thought that you had to put the mixture in cold water too! That makes 2 silly billys!

Three!!! :rotfl: :rotfl:
Thanks PP, Have heard you mention this in the daily thread and wondered how you made them!

GIRLPOWER_2

Four!!!!!!!!!!! so glad someone else asked first..:rotfl: :rotfl:

Murtle

oh ok then, five I'll admit it!!!

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Streetgirl74, you've attempted biscuits (and even know you can make them) means you can't be the worlds worst cook good effort, I hope you've just attacked them and broken them down for now. Receipes I have say about 6 or 7 to a tray. It never seems like many but they seem to take the space! Hope that helps. I'm not sure if the biscuits are meant to be thick or thin, I'd go for personal choice though! Experiment with them and remember how you did it when you find your preferred method!!!
x x x

Queenie

streetgirl74 wrote:

... I must be the worlds worst cook

Oh no you are not!!! You simply make large cookies ((hugs))

Try not to squidge them down too much with the fork and you really do need to leave plenty of space between them.

You could try my recipe, not that much different ingredientwise, they don't tend to spread quite so much as the recipe you are trying and because they are sliced from a roll rather than fork squidged they are easier to handle in the initial stages. But, if you do make mine, bear in mind that for the first few moments when they come out of the oven they will be very soft so give it a moment or two before you try to lift them off the tray onto a cooling rack and then they will crisp beautifully

streetgirl74

Thanks for that Murtle and Queenie !!!!
I did sort of cut them up into square biscuits in the end and my dd and dh loved them so will be making them again!
Just one more question......do you leave them in until they are brown ish or take them out when they are still soft to the touch? Mine were all crumbly on the bottoms but brown ish on the top and i left them in the oven for about 20mins, is that to long and over cooked do you think?

Queenie

Aww, bless - see! They loved them not matter what shape/size they were

Sounds a wee bit too long. If you imagine shortbread or say, a rich tea-style biscuit they are a pale colour only.

The recipe you followed (from memory) states about 10 minutes-ish? So, they should be pale in colour and still a bit soft. Take them out of the oven but keep them on the baking tray for just a few moments to let the air cool them slightly and, while still warm but not hot, transfer them to a wire rack to completely cool. They will soon firm up to a biscuit 'crispness'

Keep up the good work, sounds like you're doing GREAT!!! :T :T

streetgirl74

Thanks again Queenie will make some more over the weekend, practise makes perfect thats what they say :j
Thanks for your help :T

Murtle

good luck with the next batch, practise make perfect and it's fun to eat the results!!

let us know how you get on

x x x

streetgirl74

Queenie wrote:

Aww, bless - see! They loved them not matter what shape/size they were

Sounds a wee bit too long. If you imagine shortbread or say, a rich tea-style biscuit they are a pale colour only.

The recipe you followed (from memory) states about 10 minutes-ish? So, they should be pale in colour and still a bit soft. Take them out of the oven but keep them on the baking tray for just a few moments to let the air cool them slightly and, while still warm but not hot, transfer them to a wire rack to completely cool. They will soon firm up to a biscuit 'crispness'

Keep up the good work, sounds like you're doing GREAT!!! :T :T

Right have tried again and left them in for just over 10 mins as they were starting to brown at the edges, they were biscuit like around the edges but soft in the middle! Have i not left them in long enough now
DD and i are going to have another try this afternoon as i am determined to get them right!

Trow

Were they soft when cooled? Many biscuits need to cool before they crisp up.