It's nice to be able to treat yourself now and again with some home made biscuits. All too often we take the lazy route of buying bisuits from the supermarket. So if you're looking for some easy but tasty biscuit recipes you might want to look at the couple below.
Bourbon Biscuit Recipe
6 oz plain flour
2 oz custard powder
1 oz cocoa
4 oz margarine or cooking fat
4 oz caster sugar
Preheat an oven to 400 F. Sieve the flour, custard powder and cocoa. Cream the fat and sugar and then stir in the egg. Add in the other ingredients and mix so that it's a smooth clear dough. Then roll it out thinly and then cut it into fingers. Sprinkle a little bit of sugar on the top prior to baking. Place them in the middle of the oven for about 15-30 minutes. When the biscuits have cooled down, you can place the two finger together with some chocolate glacé icing in the middle.
Chocolate Glacé Icing Recipe
2 oz of plain chocolate
1 1/2 tablespoons of hot water
6 oz icing sugar
Melt the chocolate in the water, add in the icing sugar and beat well so that it's smooth and can be easily spread.
Empire Biscuit Recipe
Originally, Empire biscuits were called German biscuits or Linzer biscuits. But because of WWII, it was renamed to Empire biscuits.
8 oz plain flour
4 oz butter or margarine
3 oz caster sugar
1 small egg
Glacé icing
Jam
Preheat the oven to 400 F. Mix together the butter and sugar but not to a creamy consistency. Add in the egg and mix well. Then add in the flour and rub it together so that it's crumbly. Place it onto a floured board and rub together lightly until a smooth paste has been formed. Then roll it out thinly and cut into small rounds. Place them onto baking trays and place them into the middle of the oven for about 15-20 minutes. When then have cooled down, you can sandwich two together with jam in the middle. The top them with glacé icing. If you want to, you can place a cherry in the centre of each biscuit
Glace Icing Recipe
8 oz of icing sugar
3 tablespoons of warm water
Flavouring and Colouring as desired
Sieve the icing sugar into a small bowl. Then add in the water and gradually beat until smooth and clear. If it's too soft, you can add in a little more sugar and if it's too stiff you can add in more water.
