Biscuits, Bars And Cookies Recipes - Traditional Sugar Biscuits

Ingredients

• 350g/3 cups plain flour

• 5ml/1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

• 10ml/2 tsp baking powder

• 1.5ml/1/4 tsp grated nutmeg

• 115g/1/2 cup butter or margarine, at room temperature

• 225g/generous 1 cup caster sugar

• 2.5ml/1/2 tsp vanilla essence

• 1 egg

• 120ml/1/2 cup milk

• colored or demerara sugar, fro sprinkling

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Method:

1. Sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder and nutmeg into a small bowl. Set aside. Cream the butter or margarine, caster sugar and vanilla essence together until the mixture is light and fluffy. Add the egg and beat to mix well.

2. Add the flour mixture alternately with the milk, stirring with a wooden spoon to make a soft dough. Wrap the dough in clear film and chill for 30 minutes.

3. Preheat the oven to 180"C/350"F/Gas 4. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface to a 3mm/1/8in thickness. Cut into circles with a biscuit cutter.

4. Transfer the biscuits to ungreased baking sheets. Sprinkle each one with sugar. Bake until golden, 10-12 minutes. With a palette knife, transfer the biscuits to a wire rack to cool.