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Friday, May 25, 2012

Biscuit


Ingredients:
  1. All purpose flour-2 and 1/2 cup
  2. Butter-1/2 cup(cold & cut into small pieces)
  3. Milk-3/4 cup
  4. Sugar-1 Tbs or according to your taste
  5. Baking powder-2 and 1/2 ts
  6. Egg-1
  7. Salt-1 ts or according to your taste
  8. For brush-1 egg(beaten) + 1Tbs milk
  9. Garlic powder (optional)- 1 Tbs
Procedure:
  1. Beat the egg and 3/4 cup milk in a bowl, and set it aside.
  2. Put flour, baking powder, salt and sugar to a mixing bowl and whisk them together. Put the butter in the flour and mix it with your fingertip to form a coarse crumbs. Then add egg and milk mixture and gently mix it to form a dough.(the dough should be sticky and moist)
  3. Place some flour on a dry chopping board. Put the dough on it and knead gently until it become smooth (dough should not be over mix). 
  4. Divide the dough into small pieces, round them with your hand and  place them on a baking tray. (or you can roll out the dough to about 1/2 inches thickness and can cut with your desired cookie cutter)
  5. Mix 1 Tbs milk with beaten egg. Then brush the tops of the biscuits with this mixture. Then if you want you can spread little garlic powder on top of it.

  6. Preheat oven 400 degree F. Place the tray in the middle rack of the oven and bake around 10-15 minutes or until the tops are golden brown. Check it with a toothpick. If it comes out clean then remove them from the oven and enjoy your biscuits.