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Freezer Biscuits
This is a great recipe for a dough which can be kept in the freezer. Just slice off what you need and bake for 10-15 minutes until golden at 180 degC.
Ingredients
225g butter
2 cups brown sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla essence
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp cream of tartar
3 1/2 cups of flour
Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Sift in dry ingredients. Mix well.
Roll into sausages and wrap in glad wrap. Chill and slice.
Bake at 180 degC until golden about 10-15 minutes.
Dough will late in the fridge for 2 weeks, or freeze dough to make it last longer.
Shrewsbury Biscuits
If you are a kiwi, a true blue New Zealander, then a brown bear shouting “dum-dee-do” has to be indelibly etched on your childhood memories. The Dum-dee-do bear is the mascot of the Griffins Biscuit brand and one of the childhood favourites of mine were the Shrewsbury Biscuits. The all important hole in the middle of the upper biscuit was just large enough to admit a small finger to try and scoop out the jam.
These days the thought of buying biscuits laden with all sorts of chemicals is somewhat repugnant but these home made gems are just the best thing with a cup of tea. This recipe is reprinted from the every reliable Edmonds cookbook 1976 edition.
Ingredients
125 grams flour
125 grams sugar
1 egg
1 tablespoon grated lemon rind
225 grams flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
Raspberry jam
Method
Preheat oven to 180°C.
Cream butter and sugar, add the egg and lemon rind and beat well. Add the flour, sifted, and the baking powder. Knead the dough, roll it out flat and cut into rounds, making a small home in the centre of every alternate biscuit.
Bake for 15 to 20 minutes. When cold, put together with Raspberry jam as the glue.
Dunk in a mug of tea.