Simple batch biscuits recipes

You’ll always have something sweet for afternoon tea. 

White Chocolate and Macadamia Biscuits recipe

If you’re anything like me, you like to have something sweet on hand for when the clock chimes for afternoon tea. While any dessert will do, sometimes one doesn’t have enough time to whip up a sweet treat while the kettle is on the boil. Cheesecakes need overnighting in the fridge, cakes need rising in the oven, and crepes need frying in a pan (in loads of butter, I might add.). Even ready-made puddings need reheating, and microwave mug cakes need nuking.  

All of this can be avoided, and we can be laden with homemade treats if we take the time to bulk-bake biscuits to fill the jar. 

You don’t need much time at all. Spending an afternoon in the kitchen is one of our favourite past times. We raid the pantry peering into Tupperware containers to check if there is enough flour. The third shelf is usually where we find ingredients to help make a variety of biscuits. There are all sorts of things, like bottles of “hundreds and thousands”, packets of macadamias, slabs of white chocolate and even a hidden stash of Maltesers. Rummaging through your pantry can result in finding delicious ways to zhoosh up your biscuit-making.  

Take these white chocolate and macadamia biscuits, for example. They have a decadent combination of flavours and will probably be one of the best biscuits you’ll ever make. 

White Chocolate and Macadamia Biscuits recipe

And these kids refrigerator cookies. They’re a lovely way for the kids to get involved but are also easy for the time-poor. Make the dough ahead of time if needed – you can store it in rolls in your fridge or freezer. Then, when you’re ready to bake them, just slice the dough up and bake. We’d say these biscuits are much better than the supermarket variety and cost-effective.

kids refrigerator cookies

These Malteser biscuits are so simple to make. They use condensed milk and make about 55 biscuits, so you’ll always have something sweet around!

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These easy biscuits are aptly named. They’re straightforward to make and ideal for lunchboxes and the health-conscious. You can use wholemeal flour instead of white flour and can even tweak the recipe to add other ingredients like oats if you so feel. 

Easy Biscuits Recipe

Nan will love these gingernut biscuits because they’re better than what you buy in the supermarket and are very quick to make. They stay crunchy for days and are delicious little morsels that go perfectly with a cuppa!

Gingernut Biscuits

If you keep a box of Foster Clark’s custard powder in the pantry like I do, then you’ll want to use it to make these mouthwatering custard biscuits. This recipe makes about 12, so they can fill a small biscuit jar with minimal effort. 

CUSTARD BISCUITS

And for something nostalgic, make these easy checkerboard cookies. The recipe is a simple shortbread dough with cocoa added to one half to form the chocolate part. Then, all you need to do is some shaping and slicing, and they’re ready to bake!

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