Sunday, February 27, 2011

For Those Who Like Variety



More Butter Biscuit Recipes

As promised, I am sharing my experiments with different flavours from this versatile biscuit recipe. Those who haven't as yet seen my version of the Earl Grey Tea Biscuit Recipe can find it here.



Basic Mix
1 cup plain flour
1/4 cup caster sugar
1/4 cup of icing sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
100 gm unsalted butter
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon water

Lamington

  
To the basic mix, add 4 tablespoons of cocoa and 4 tablespoons of dessicated coconut, swap the water out for coconut milk, double the quantity of vanilla extract, cut the cookies out and sprinkle a little additional coconut on top.


Banana Caramel Macadmia
To the basic mix, add a large handful of banana chips, a large handful of honey coated macadamia nuts, swap the caster & icing sugars out for 1/2 cup of brown sugar, swap the liquid for 2 tablespoons of golden syrup warmed in the microwave until pouring consistency.

Espresso Macadamia

Add 2 tablespoons of instant coffee powder (I used Nescafe Gold Blend here) to the flour mix, add a large handful of unsalted macadamia nuts, reconstitute 2 tablespoons of instant coffee (I used Nescafe Espresso here) in 1 tablespoon of boiling water.

Jaffa
Add 4 tablespoons of cocoa, 4 tablespoons of finely minced mixed peel, swap the water for 1 tablespoon of orange blossom water. (For an added taste sensation, spread top of cookie with marmelade before baking.)

Ginger Beer
Swap the 1/4 cup of icing sugar for a similar amount of Fizz Wizz, add 30 gm powdered ginger, swap the liquid for 2 tablespoons of golden syrup (warmed in the microwave to pouring consistency and added with the liquids).

Ginger Bread (Hot!)
Swap the sugars for 1/2 cup of dark brown sugar, add 65 gm powdered ginger, 4 tablespoons of finely minced mixed peel, swap the water for 2 tablespoons of golden syrup or honey (warmed in the microwave to pouring consistency and added with the liquids), 2 teaspoons of Herbie's Sweet Spices.

To be continued! 

7 comments:

  1. I know it sounds silly and obvious but these would be so good with earl grey tea to really amp up the flavour of it! :) Love the variations too! Forget about the family assorted biscuit pack!

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  2. Great selection of cookies! Sounds delicious :-)

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  3. Biscuit bliss! The espresso ones are out of this world!

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  4. great ideas on the cookies! ginger beer! whew!

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  5. Have you finally found the cupcake killer??

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  6. Love the flavour combos and how you included all the instructions for all the sub-ins. What a versatile recipe.

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  7. Love it! Now i'm eagerly waiting to see what other variations you come up with!

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