This simple recipe for 100 BISCUITS costs less than $10 to make - and all you need is four common ingredients
- Home cooks are following a simple recipe to make 100 biscuits for less than $10
- All you need is sugar, self-raising flour, butter and a tin of condensed milk
- The basic ingredients cost just $9.60, plus the cost of your preferred toppings
- People have been filling biscuits with jam, peanuts, chocolate chips and coconut
Home cooks can make 100 biscuits for less than $10 by following a simple recipe of four ingredients that's circulating on Facebook.
The dough is made from caster sugar, self-raising flour, butter and a tin of condensed milk, which are all available at leading supermarkets like Coles and Woolworths for $9.60.
The biscuits can be topped with a variety of fillings like strawberry jam, salted peanuts, chocolate chips, coconut, Freckles, cornflakes and M&Ms.
Bakers have been flooding an Australian cookery group with photos of their homemade batches, with one woman lacing half her dough with Milo drinking powder to create chocolate flavoured biscuits.
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A batch of biscuits made from flour, sugar, butter and a tin of condensed milk, topped with strawberry jam (bottom), Freckles (centre) and chocolate chips (top)
More biscuits made from the four-ingredient recipe, decorated with sprinkles (left) and chocolate chips (right)
Others have been sharing tips on achieving a perfectly flaky consistency.
Biscuits should be light and moist, with a crunchy outside and an inside that melts in the mouth.
One woman said her biscuits turned out best after she chilled the dough in the fridge for half an hour before rolling and shaping it into individual pieces.
Her claim is supported by British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, who says the trick to the perfect biscuit is starting with ice cold dough.
One woman laced half her dough with Milo drinking powder to make these chocolate flavoured biscuits
Another batch of four-ingredient biscuits, filled with white and milk chocolate chips (centre), strawberry jam (right) and chocolate lollies (left)
Dough is best made with frozen butter, grated into chunks, and should never be mixed by hand because body temperature causes it to melt.
Similarly, dough should only be rolled on cold, floured surfaces like wood or metal to keep it chilled and stop it from sticking.
Nearly all types of biscuit and cookie dough benefit from being chilled before they are baked.
Many bakers warned against 'over rolling' dough, which draws out gluten in the flour and causes the mixture to toughen as it cooks.
If dough becomes stiff and hard to roll, wrap it in cling wrap and chill in the fridge for 10 minutes.
This gives gluten a chance to relax and ensures the biscuits come out crumbly rather than painfully crunchy.
The 100 Biscuit Recipe
Ingredients
500g butter or margarine ($5 per 500g tub)
½ cup caster sugar ($2 per 1kg bag)
1 tin condensed milk ($1.60 per 395g tin)
5 cups self-raising flour ($1 per 1kg bag)
Method
1. Beat sugar, butter and condensed milk until light and fluffy.
2. Add flour, 1 cup at a time, mixing by hand.
3. Roll dough into small balls and add your choice of filling.
4. Oven bake at 180 degrees Celsius for roughly 20 minutes.
Flavour suggestions
Strawberry jam
Chocolate chips
M&Ms
Salted peanuts
Sultanas
Cornflakes
Coconut
Sprinkles
Source: Mums Who Cook and Bake Facebook
Biscuits topped with coloured sprinkles made with the four-ingredient recipe
People were delighted by the simplicity and affordability of the recipe which appears to have kept many entertained during lockdown.
One mother said she was 'pleasantly surprised' by the biscuits and managed to make 120 from the dough.
'My husband has now made it his mission to eat as many as he can in the next three days,' she said.
Another mum substituted Nuttelex for butter and coconut condensed milk for regular so her lactose intolerant son could enjoy them, and said the biscuits were 'a big hit' in her household.
But while the majority were impressed, some said the biscuits were tasteless and 'very dry'.
One woman said the recipe turned out to be 'a bit of a disaster' after she replaced the condensed milk with a tub of double cream, and urged others to avoid making the mistake.
