Easy Condensed Milk Biscuits, with variations
(from Heather P’s recipe box)
Makes a really big batch of yummy biscuits.
A great ‘basic’ recipe, to which you can add extras such as:
Chocolate chips
Chocolate chunks and chopped macadamia nuts
Press ‘hole’ in centre of dough ball before baking, add jam of choice to fill hole
M & M’s for the children
Crystallised ginger or dried appricots, chopped
And the list goes on, use your imagination!
Source: Original source from Nestles, I believe
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 12 minutes
Serves 70 people
Categories: Biscuits
Ingredients
- 500 gr butter, softened slightly (but not too soft)
- 1 C sugar
- 1 x 397 gr can sweetened condensed milk
- 5 C self raising flour
- Optional ingredients of your choice - see comments above
Directions
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Beat butter and sugar until creamy.
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Add condensed milk, and beat to combine.
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Add self raising flour, incorporating until flour is combined.
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Mix in your choice of optional ingredients, or bake plain if preferred.
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As an example, add 1 packet of chocolate chips, or 1 cup of diced ginger or dried apricots – how much you add is your preference.
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Roll or scoop into walnut sized balls, place on paper lined oven tray, and press lightly with tines of a fork.
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Bake at 180oC approximately 12 minutes, until firm and golden.
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Cool on tray for a minute or two before transferring to wire rack to cool completely.