Base Biscuits - Real Recipes from Mums

This is a base recipe. The idea is that you can add lots of different flavours like:
– chocolate chips
– cornflakes
– chia seeds and or sesame seeds
– sultanas
– cranberries
– jam (make a dip in the middle to put the jam into)
– ginger
– orange or lemon zest
– nuts (peanuts, macadamia, walnut)
– peanut butter
– spices (nutmeg, mixed spice, cinnamon)
– smarties
– lollies (chopped)
And you can do combinations of ingredients like fruit and nut, chocolate & ginger, white chocolate & cranberry, mixed cereals (great way to finish off nearly empty packets).

Ingredients (makes 75 biscuits)

500 grams butter
305 grams condensed milk (1 tin)
1 cup sugar
5 cups self raising flour

Method

Cream together butter and sugar
Add condensed milk
Add sifted flour and form a dough Add flavours
Roll into teaspoon sized balls and press with a fork
Please on a baking tray (lined with baking paper)
Bake at 180 degrees until golden brown (around 10-15 minutes)

Notes

You can also freeze this dough so it is great to make in larger quantities to use later. After adding the flaourings roll the dough into a log (about 4cm thick). Roll into a sheet of baking paper, then cling wrap. Mark what flavour it is and put on a flat surface in the freezer. When you want to use it cut from frozen the number of biscuits you want (about 4mm thick) and bake as per fresh.

65 Comments

- - mom112023 said
  - 31 Aug 2018
    6:36 am
Always good to have a base recipe. Thanks for the ideas.

- - mom112217 said
  - 20 Nov 2017
    1:05 pm
A delicious recipe,the biscuits would be perfect for afternoon tea! Thanks!

- - mom93821 said
  - 16 May 2016
    7:28 am
Thanks for the biscuit recipe – love a good basic recipe and love making biscuits.

- - Kell said
  - 28 Jun 2015
    9:37 pm
this is a great idea to have on hand .. thanks

- - mom82590 said
  - 30 May 2015
    7:50 pm
Thanx for sharing this yummy recepie

- - mom94125 said
  - 10 Nov 2014
    4:19 pm
i will share this recipe. it is such a good basic one

- - maureen3 said
  - 27 Oct 2014
    8:18 pm
Looks yummy and delicious must give it a try

- - mom94125 said
  - 18 Oct 2014
    9:57 am
great idea
thanks for posting

- - ginoula5 said
  - 09 Aug 2014
    10:46 am
this is the perfect base for a biscuit, thanks for sharing, printing this one out

- - gem1991 said
  - 13 Jul 2014
    8:26 pm
looks great..i will have to try this

- - dearest mom said
  - 03 Jul 2014
    11:22 am
Great recipe and love the flavors

- - no1ladydj said
  - 04 Jun 2014
    3:02 pm
So easy, and freezing the dough would mean you could have fresh-baked cookies any time of the day or night. So many ways to vary the mixture too.

- - scottie said
  - 27 May 2014
    7:24 pm
lots of great ideas on what to add to them

- - willow1 said
  - 29 Apr 2014
    11:42 pm
this looks so yummy thanku for sharing

- - colleen b. said
  - 11 Apr 2014
    2:02 pm
Great recipe, very detailed. love the flavour suggestions.

- - jodie80 said
  - 13 Mar 2014
    8:46 pm
this is another recipe that reminds me of my childhood

- - angel_mon said
  - 12 Mar 2014
    11:38 pm
how clever having a base recipe you can add to

- - kjgarner said
  - 22 Feb 2014
    8:38 pm
Like the variety of ingredients you can use

- - snoopy said
  - 30 Jan 2014
    7:50 pm
I have no excuse not to make these, they are super easy.

- - ljsalomon said
  - 28 Jan 2014
    12:28 pm
Thanks for sharing your recipe!