Golden Cinnamon Biscuits Food

GOLDEN CINNAMON BISCUITS

Steps:

• Combine butter, golden syrup and sugars in medium heavy-based pan, stir over low heat until butter is melted; cool for 5 minutes.
• Stir in flour and cinnamon.
• Roll rounded teaspoons of mixture into balls, pleace about 2cm (approx. 1 inch) apart on greased oven trays, flatten with a floured (or gluten free floured) fork until 1cm (just under 1/2 inch) thick.
• Bake in hot oven (450F to 475F, or 230C to 230C, or Gas Mark 6) for about 12 minutes or until browned.
• Stand 1 minute before lifting onto wire racks to cool.

CINNAMON BISCUIT "FANS"

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425ºF.
• Grease 8 medium muffin cups, 2 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches.
• Cut 1/3 cup butter into flour, 2 tablespoons sugar, the baking powder and salt in large bowl, using pastry blender or crisscrossing 2 knives, until mixture looks like fine crumbs.
• Stir in just enough milk so dough leaves side of bowl and forms a ball.
• Turn dough onto lightly floured surface. Knead lightly 10 times.
• Roll into rectangle, 12x10 inches.
• Spread 3 tablespoons butter over rectangle.
• Mix 3 tablespoons sugar and the cinnamon; sprinkle over rectangle.
• Cut rectangle crosswise into 6 strips, 10x2 inches.
• Stack strips; cut crosswise into 8 pieces. Place cut sides up in muffin cups.
• Bake 16 to 18 minutes or until golden brown.
• Immediately remove from pan.
• Drizzle Powdered Sugar Glaze over warm biscuits. Serve warm.

CINNAMON BISCUITS

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine dry ingredients; cut in butter until crumbly. Stir in milk just until moistened. Drop by 1/4 cupfuls onto a greased baking sheet. Brush with melted butter and sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar. Bake at 450° for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Serve warm.

CINNAMON BISCUITS

Steps:

• Sift together the flour, cinnamon and the salt into a large bowl. Cut in the butter with a fork until mixture becomes crumbly. Add sugar and vanilla extract, and mix to a stiff paste. Mix in egg. Knead dough on a floured surface until smooth. Wrap in foil or plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets. Roll out dough thinly and cut into 24 rounds.
• Bake 12 to 15 minutes, or until lightly gold in color. Let cool on wire rack.

CINNAMON RAISIN BISCUITS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, sugar, cinnamon and salt. Cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add milk and raisins; stir just until combined. , Turn dough onto a floured surface. Knead just until smooth, about 2 minutes. Roll to 1/2-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 2-1/2-in. round biscuit cutter; place on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 450° for 12-15 minutes or until golden. , Meanwhile, combine icing ingredients. Drizzle over warm biscuits.

CHRISTMAS BISCUITS

Steps:

• Heat the sugar, golden syrup and butter until melted. Mix the spices and flour in a large bowl. Dissolve the bicarbonate of soda in 1 tsp cold water. Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients, add the melted sugar mix, egg and bicarbonate of soda. Mix well. At this stage the mix will be soft but will firm up on cooling.
• Cover the surface of the biscuit mix with wrapping and leave to cool, then put in the fridge for at least 1 hr to become firm enough to roll out.
• Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead briefly. (At this stage the dough can be put into a food bag and kept in the fridge for up to a week.) Cut the dough in half. Thinly roll out one half on a lightly floured surface. Cut into shapes with cutters, such as gifts, trees and hearts, then transfer to baking sheets, leaving a little room for them to spread. If you plan to hang the biscuits up, make a small hole in the top of each one using a skewer. Repeat with remaining dough.
• Bake for 12-15 mins until they darken slightly. If the holes you have made have closed up, remake them while the biscuits are warm and soft using a skewer. Cool for a few mins on the baking sheets, then transfer to a wire rack to cool and harden up completely.
• Break up the chocolate and melt in the microwave on Medium for 1-2 mins, or in a small heatproof bowl over simmering water. Drizzle the chocolate over the biscuits, or pipe on shapes or names, then stick a few silver balls into the chocolate. If hung up on the tree, the biscuits will be edible for about a week, but will last a lot longer as decorations.

GOLDEN SYRUP BISCUITS

Steps:

• Turn your oven up to 150°C (gas mark 2) and grease a baking tray ready to put the biscuits on. Place to one side.
• Place the butter and syrup into a saucepan and heat into a liquid then leave to cool in a safe place.
• Once reasonably cool, pour into a glass bowl and add the raising flour, vanilla essence and baking soda.
• Place in the fridge for at least an hour to become thicker then take out. Once taken out, sprinkle some plain flour over a flat surface.
• Check that the mixture is thick enough to roll, if not, add some plain flour.
• Take the mixture out and roll around and knead slightly with fists to stop it sticking, then roll out to about 3 to 5 mm thick and cut into biscuit shapes.
• Place the biscuits on the greased tin and bake for about twenty minutes. Take out at the twenty minute mark and check its cooking well, then cook for another ten minutes , supervising the cooking.
• Once golden brown, take the biscuits out and cool in the tray until cool enough to place onto a cooling rack until cold, then eat or store in a sealed box. Yum!!!