Simple biscuit recipe suitable for cutters please

unknowndisorder, May 14, 12:48am
bumping for someone wanting to roll cookies to cut :)

jbsouthland, Nov 21, 10:25pm
Hi am wanting a simple recipe i can make Dog shapes that I will thenice for a Fairs Baking table .TIA

kinna54, Nov 21, 11:14pm
Another good one is the Edmonds shrewsbury bics as attached. make these often with the grandies.

Shrewsbury Biscuits*(adapted for making in the kitchen whizz)*

125g butter softened (or margarine)
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1 TBSP grated lemon rind
2 cups flour
1tsp baking powder
Raspberry jam (to fill if desired)

Place butter and sugar in the whizz and cream together.
Add egg and lemon rind and whizz again to combine.
Add sifted flour and baking powder, using the machine on pulsewhile the mixture is combining.
Turn onto a floured board, kneadlightly and roll out to about 4mm thickness
Note: roll out part of the mix at a time, as it’s much easier to handle., and over handling can toughen the mixture.
Cut out desired shapes withcookie cutters.

Bake on greased oven trays at 180 deg. for 10-15mins.
When cold biscuits can either be sandwiched together with raspberry jam, with the top biscuit dusted with sifted icing sugar, or biscuits can be left single and dusted with sifted icing sugar.

245sam, Nov 22, 12:01am
VANILLA SUGAR COOKIES FOR DECORATING
As shown by Laurel Watson, on “Good Morning”.
Laurel's comment."The following recipe is the best decorating base I have found as it is tender to eat but still keeps its shape after baking."
185g butter
1 cup caster sugar
1½ tsp vanilla essence
2½ cups plain flour
1 egg

Place butter and sugar in the food processor and whiz until combined. Add the egg and vanilla essence and whiz again to mix, add the flour and pulse until the dough comes together in a ball. Knead the dough lightly then press into a dish, wrap in plastic film and chill for at least 30 minutes. Roll out on a floured workbench to about ½ cm, cut out with a cookie cutter that has been dipped in flour (the dough can be re-rolled once). Put the shapes on a baking sheet lined with non stick baking paper.
Bake at 180°C for 10-12 minutes until just golden, cool on a rack and then decorate.
Variations:
•chocolate cookies substitute ¼ cup cocoa powder for ¼ cup flour.
•Stained Glass Biscuits:- Simply cut out a shape from a larger-size biscuit and drop a Heard’s fruit lolly into the hole, bake as per usual and let cool on the baking paper.

Hope that helps. :-))

elliehen, Nov 22, 12:47am
If you want to hang them on the Xmas tree, poke a hole at the top with a drinking straw before baking.The stained glass cookies are especially pretty.

jbsouthland, Nov 22, 3:18am
Many thanks. some great ideas .