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Your Weekend : Yes! You Want To Bake Biscuits!

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March 16, 2012
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Ahem. *clears throat* Let’s talk about biscuits!

Biscuits. I like ‘em. I know that you might want to say cookies, and that is fine with me, but I will say biscuits. My Nanna used to make biscuits.  She’s never made a cookie in her life.  She made all kinds from various Australian Women’s Weekly books and torn out magazine clippings. Do we still tear out magazine clippings? I mean, do you? Or do you just head to the internet and google and print what you like? Hm. Do tell.

Also, do you dunk your biscuits? Do you not? Are crumbs in the bottom of a cup of tea a repulsive sediment or are they are delicious treat?  Are bought biscuits better than home-made ones?  Are stale biscuits gross?  Do you think biscuits are scones? Do you use the term cookie? (We are asking all kinds of important questions today!)

Whilst you ponder that, here are eleven delicious biscuits to bake this weekend. If you’d like to pack some of your baked bounty up in a tin and send them to me, I’m totally up for it.  Let’s go!

Yes! You want to make biscuits!
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Do you have a delicious biscuit recipe of your own? Feel free to add it to the comments or add a link to the recipe!  I would love that!

xx Pip

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  • Kristie

    I wrote about my favourite biscuits yesterday and shared the recipe. Here is the link http://rourkeandhenry.typepad.com/rourke_and_henry/2012/03/my-kryptonite-sharing-it-with-you.html

    I love making biscuits and I have a stash of women’s weeklies and handwritten recipes.

    • Reannonhope

      OMG Kristie!! You own Rourke & Henry in Forster dont you??? I used to live in Forster for a very long time. Your shop is adorable :)

      • Kristie

        thank you, I own Coco’s Closet now, yep in Forster, beautiful, sunny Forster!!

  • Susie

    If I make rock buns this weekend will that count? I have been thinking about them a lot lately, I have. Mmm!

  • Reannonhope

    I still rip from magazines but I also google too. I have my nan in laws clippings from the 60′s& 70′s along with her handwritten recipes for cakes, slices & biscuits ( never cookies ). They are special….

    I never dunk because I don’t drink hot drinks. Sometimes my boys tell me they hate to things I bake & would prefer Tim tams or Kingston’s from the shops. I always feel sad & a little cross. I do use the word cookies but also biscuits. I’m not sure what is the difference but we know what they are. Stale biscuits ARE gross Pip. Biscuits are never scones, that’s crazy talk!

    I hate crunchy biscuits, I’d rather soft & chewy. What do you prefer?

    • Reannonhope

      OK now I’m home I can give you my recipe for my fave biscuits to make-

      Chunky Munkeys ( adapted from a recipe I wrote down from the girtl who used to cook on Huey’s cooking show about 11 yrs ago)

      180gr butter
      3/4 cup brown sugar
      3/4  cup castor sugar
      Cream all the above to lovely & smooth & light

      Now add 2 eggs & a splash of vanilla & mix

      Now add-
      2 cups plain flour
      2 1/2 cups ground oatmeal ( I sometimes used rolled oats)
      1 tsp baking soda
      pinch of salt
      400grams of chopped up chocolate bars ( I use a mix of Cadburys dairy milk & cookies & cream chocolate)
      Mix it all together. Put balls of mixture on trays & bake at 190 for 10-15 mins. YUMMO!!

      The week before my wedding I made these constantly. Me & my BFF could not stop eating them- I ate lots of them before they cooked because thats what I do :)

  • http://www.lifeisdi-licious.com/ Di @ Life is Di-licious

    I love baking full stop but biscuits and cookies are probably my favourites because they’re so easy to share and enjoy with a cup of tea.

    I find myself using the words cookies and biscuits interchangeably but now that I blog a lot about baking, cookies is the more popular term. Scones are always scones though, never biscuits!

    My favourite cookie/biscuit recipe right now is for Rainy Day Double Choc Chocolate Cookies. I make up the mixture and freeze the rolled up balls for another day so I can enjoy them on a whim. The house smells divine and puts everyone in a good mood.

    Here’s the recipe: http://www.lifeisdi-licious.com/2011/07/bookshelf-challenge-rainy-day-double-choc-cookies.html

    My other favourite cookie recipe is for  Norwegian Kransekake cookies. Traditionally you bake them in rings and stack them to make a tall tower – its the national wedding cake! But I love them as cookies. A word of warning – they’re highly addictive. I always have to make a triple batch at Christmas time!

    Here’s the recipe: http://www.lifeisdi-licious.com/2011/11/norwegian-almond-cookies-kransekake.html

    Happy baking!