Butter Biscuits made with Cookie press.

Lovely rich and buttery biscuits that melt in your mouth, delicious served with a cup of steaming hot tea or coffee.

Ingredients:

16 oz plain baking flour(maida)
1 level teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
8 oz butter(soft and at room temperature)
6 oz sugar
1/2 cup warmed milk
few strands saffron

Method:

1.Sieve the flour and keep aside.Preheat oven to 200 degrees celcuis
2.Cream the butter and sugar together till soft and creamy.
3.Add the bicarbonate of soda and mix throughly
4.Add the warmed milk and mix throughly.
5.Fold the flour into the butter and sugar mixture.Dough will be soft consistancy as  it needs to be pressed through the  cookie press.

6.Cover and leave the dough to rest for 10 minutes.
7. Divide the dough into 6 parts and roll in to sausage shapes.Place the dough sausage into the bisciut maker and press out biscuits on to greased baking tray.


8.Bake in  a preheated oven 200 degrees C / 400 degrees F  for 15 minutes till golden brown.Transfer to cooling rack.
9. Serve with hot tea.

NB These biscuits can be rolled out and cut into shape with biscuit cutter, if you wish to roll them out instead of using biscuit maker add a little less milk and make the dough slightly firmer to enable rolling out.

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