Best Biscuits

Very popular for school lunches, after school, with a cuppa… just about anytime 🙂

Ingredients

125g butter, softened
1/2 cup caster sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
1 egg (room temp)
2 cups plain flour
2tbl pure icing sugar
1tsp baking powder
chocolare buttons OR hundreds & thousands to decorate

Method

Set oven to 180deg c Line 2 trays with baking paper
With an electric mixer, beat butter, sugar and icing sugar until well blended (it will become pale in colour when ready).
Add icing sugar and egg - mix until combined
Sift flour and baking powder over mix. Add milk and stir until just combined
Using your hands, roll mix into balls (we use a heaped teaspoon as a guide but have made much bigger ones). Place balls on prepared trays and squash with fork or fingers.
Place chocolate button onto centre of biscuits – or if you prefer sprinkle hundreds & thousands over biscuits.
Cook for 12 mins or until lightly golden

Notes

Variations: We omit the chocolate button /sprinkles and … 1. We have diced dried apricots and added these to the mix (yum) 2. We sometimes add 3tbl of crunchy peanut butter for something a bit different 3. Keep them plain and dust icing sugar over the top when serving

61 Comments

- - cassy26 said
  - 26 Mar 2025
    9:53 am
Yum! Such a simple but versatile biscuits recipe. You could easily add so many different flavours to this recipe, Choc chips ( dark or white) jam, or even some crushed nuts or maybe coconut and you could decorate however you wanted too. I think I’d make up a double recipe and then try a few different flavours!

- - happymum2018 said
  - 30 Apr 2019
    8:17 pm
We can add what we like to the top though yours looks great thanks for the recipe!!

- - MrsA said
  - 27 Mar 2019
    11:05 pm
I love how versatile this recipe is. They look great.

- - happymum2018 said
  - 27 Mar 2019
    10:11 pm
Yummy biscuits thnks

- - gezza said
  - 05 Jun 2018
    12:22 am
These look soooo yummy ..thanx for sharing..

- - mom93821 said
  - 01 Aug 2017
    6:34 am
These biscuits look so gorgeous on a biscuit plate.

- - mom112217 said
  - 10 May 2016
    6:26 pm
Your biscuits look like the ones l would buy from Myer’s! Very nice!
- mom93821 replied
  
  02 Aug 2017 , 6:43 am
  Homemade biscuits are so nice and can look just as good as store ones! 🙂
- - mom109229 said
  - 30 Jun 2015
    8:43 pm
These look delicious! Thanks for sharing!

- - mom94125 said
  - 17 Oct 2014
    10:28 pm
and also thanks for your post

- - mom94125 said
  - 04 Oct 2014
    3:05 pm
yum
easy to make with the kids! decorate how you like

- - jaymarie12 said
  - 30 Sep 2014
    6:44 pm
yum this looks really tasty!

- - mel_phillips said
  - 30 Sep 2014
    6:12 am
Love that these are quick and easy! Great for busy mums to get ready for lunchboxes (as treats)!

- - caramello said
  - 22 Aug 2014
    12:58 pm
looks really good, thanks for sharing

- - ginoula5 said
  - 10 Aug 2014
    2:18 pm
wonderful and easy biscuit recipe, thanks for sharing

- - fionaellis said
  - 21 Jul 2014
    11:33 am
These look great. Thanks for sharing.

- - caramello said
  - 16 Jul 2014
    6:32 pm
looks simple to make, thanks for sharing

- - mom57522 said
  - 03 Jun 2014
    2:51 pm
Love the presentation of your biscuit!

- - kazh said
  - 30 May 2014
    12:46 am
Those really do look good.

- - sarah_wardleworth said
  - 21 May 2014
    9:20 pm
Good read thanks for the information

- - scottie said
  - 20 May 2014
    9:10 am
love how easy these are to make