Shortcake Biscuits

Shortcake Biscuits Recipe. Makes 6-8 depending on size.

Ingredients:

• 110g Self raising flour
• 30g caster sugar
• 30g butter
• 75 ml milk

Method:

Sift flour, add sugar and combine well.
Add butter and work until it looks like bread crumbs.
Add milk a little at a time until you have a soft but not wet dough.
On a floured surface roll out to about 4-5 mm thick. You make one big round or biscuits prick the top with a fork.

Preheat oven using ovens own preheat setting
Set temperature to 210 c
Cook shortcake on browning tray for 10-12 mins until just golden
Turn out and leave to cool.

To alter this to coconut shortcake, increase:

• sugar to 50g
• flour 175g self raising
• 50g desiccated coconut
• butter 110g

Cream sugar and butter, add flour and coconut combine into a dough.
Roll out cook at 180 (no preheating for this one) cook for 30 mins
Makes approx 8-12 depending on size

Posted by Hummingbird on 11/2/2011