Butter biscuits

Butter biscuits

I had read on a few Thermomix-themed Facebook groups that these biscuits were really good, considering how simple they are to make. Well, I'm here to tell you that everyone was right! The biscuit dough is made from simple ingredients that everyone would have in their fridge and pantry, and its a matter of putting all the ingredients in and mixing them together, then forming them into the biscuits.

Loose dough

At first the mixture looks a little like it needs more wet ingredients to bind it together. I used a tablespoon measure to get even amounts of the mixture out, and once you push it together in your hand, it binds quite well and is really easy to work with to roll into balls.

Rolled into balls and dipped in sugar

I used raw sugar to dip the biscuits in, rather than the caster sugar suggested in the recipe. This was just because I thought it would be more like those little Danish biscuits you get in tins at Christmas time. I love those biscuits!

Before baking

Once the biscuits are formed into balls and dipped into sugar they just need to be pressed down with a fork to flatten them out and give them a bit of a patter on top. I did find doing this formed some cracks around the edges of the dough, but i pushed them back together and they were fine once cooked.

Baked biscuits

The end result was great - crunchy and golden after only 20 minutes cooking time. They actually did taste a lot like the Danish biscuits! They would be great to whip up when you have someone coming over at short notice for coffee and you find you don't have any snacks in the pantry! There are also some great suggestions of variations in the cookbook that I will definitely be trying out next time.

Happy thermomixing!