Tea Biscuits

Tea Biscuits

  • Prep Time: 10 mins
  • Total Time: 25 mins
  • Servings: 15-18

    • About This Recipe

    “Plain biscuits can be delicious with butter and a little homemade jam!!”

    Ingredients

  • 2cupsall-purpose flour
  • 4teaspoonsbaking powder
  • 1teaspoonsalt
  • 1/4 cup shortening or 1/4 cupmargarine
  • 1cup milk or 1cupbuttermilk

    • Directions

  • Mix together flour, baking powder and salt.
  • Cut in shortening with 2 knives or a pastry blender, until mixture is the consistency of coarse cornmeal.
  • Make a well in the centre of these ingredients, add liquid slowly.
  • When all the liquid has been added, stir dough rather vigoroursly until it comes freely from the side of the bowl.
  • Turn dough onto lightly floured board and knead lightly for a few minutes.
  • Roll or pat out to desired thickness, about 1/2 inch.
  • Cut dough with 2 inch floured biscuit cutter, or floured open end of glass, place on ungreased baking sheet.
  • Bake in a hot oven 450 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes.

    • Reviews

  • “these were excellent. I used whole wheat pastry flour, buttermilk, and butter instead of shortening. I made 1/3 of the recipe and added raisins to some of the biscuits, which yielded 4 raisin and 2 regular biscuits. Instead of flattening them, I formed them into balls and so they baked into puffs. Thanks for the recipe, I’ll definitely be making these again!”

  • “These were good! I cut out heart shapes for the kids for Valentine’s Day. I also cut out some maple leafs, in honour of the Olympics, and spread raspberry jam over them while they were still a bit warm so it ran down the sides better. A great ode to Canada for the kids!”

  • “These were fast, simple and delicious!I’ll definitely be making them when I need something to add to a meal in a hurry!”

  • “Loved these little biscuits – BF and I used them to make mini sausage biscuit sandwiches – even added fried egg. Was surprised by how tasty they are considering the low calories and simple ingredients. Thanks, Derf!”

  • “These remind my mom how much she missed her grandma baking. These taste just ike hers, Thank you for giving us this recipe.”

  • “Great Biscuits.I made them with whole wheat flour, increased the baking soda to 7 tsp, and added a 1/4 cup of sugar.I also let them sit on the baking sheet for about 10 minutes once I had cut them out to let them rise a bit.The were very yummy!!!”

  • “These are just like the tea biscuits my mom used to make!I have been searching for the recipe for years – What a find!Easy to make, light with golden crust ~ I had to make another batch as the first one went halfway through dinner! Thanks for the great recipe!”

  • “Perfect!”

  • “my family loved these”

  • “this was simple and taste just like my moms !”

  • “Easy and fast recipe…great for even those who arent good in the kitchen. I add some bacon drippings to it for bacon and cheese biscuits.”

  • “Lovely great flavor, we also added in raisins in some and cheddar cheese in the others. The only problem I had was that I rolled the first batch a little too thin and they came out too crunchy. The next batch came out perfectly. Thanks for such an easy but tasty recipe.”

  • “These were very good and quick to make when you are in a hurry!”

  • “Perfect! Not too dry. Great! My son did not like it but he is not a big bread fan. I will use this recipe again. I tried to use my mixer but it kept flinging out of the pan. (The cutting in the butter is the part that I hate.) But this is worth the hassle.”

  • “light, flaky and delicious.Very easy to make.I used butter instead of margerine or shortening.I used my stand mixer to cut in the butter and mix in the liquid.It only took about 10 seconds to mix in the liquid.These came out very yummy.”

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