Biscuits III
This recipe is adapted from the public domain cookbook Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management.[1]
Easy
🍗 Southern u.s.Total Time
20 minutes
Servings
18 biscuits
Ingredients
Everything you'll need to make this recipe
1
1¼ cups (175 g/6.2 oz) all-purpose flour
2
¼ cup (55 g/1.9 oz) caster sugar
3
2 tablespoons butter, softened
4
1 egg yolk
5
2 tablespoons milk
Instructions
Step-by-step guide to making this recipe
1
Preheat the oven to 220 °C (428 °F). Grease a baking pan.
2
Beat the egg and milk together in a bowl.
3
Mix the other ingredients into the egg mixture to form a soft dough.
4
Roll out the dough to 5 mm (0.20 in) and cut out into very thin biscuits with a round cookie cutter.
5
Place the biscuits on the baking pan.
6
Bake for 6 minutes until golden.
6 minutes
7
Take the biscuits out of the oven and leave them to cool.