Does anyone know any biscuit recipes that I can make in under 2 hours?

It's for my cookery class on Friday and I have absolutely zilch ideas on what to make!





It's for school, so preferably something that isn't too complicated to make but nothing too easy, we get marks for complexity. And as it's at school, it would be best if it doesn't use any fancy equipment.





Thanks in advance!!


:)Does anyone know any biscuit recipes that I can make in under 2 hours?
CHocolate chip cookies





Ingredients


100g butter, softened


100g caster sugar


1 egg, beaten


175g plain flour


1/2 tsp baking powder


150g plain chocolate, coarsely chopped


Preparation method


Preheat the oven to 200掳C (gas 6). Cream together the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl, using an electric hand mixer, until the mixture is light and fluffy. Gradually beat in the egg, then sift in the flour and baking powder and mix together.


Stir the chopped chocolate into the mixture so that it is evenly distributed.


Using two teaspoons, place about eighteen dollops of the mixture on to two lightly greased baking sheets, leaving enough space between them for the cookies to spread, without touching, while cooking. Smooth down the top of each cookie with the back of a teaspoon dipped in cold water.


Bake for 12鈥?5 minutes until they feel soft and springy. Allow to cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes, then lift on to a wire rack to cool completely. They will keep in an airtight container for up to 5 days.Does anyone know any biscuit recipes that I can make in under 2 hours?
Take a simple Tea Biscuit recipe..and make them into cinnamon blossoms.





Preheat oven to 400





(Sift together)


2 cups flour


4 teaspoons baking powder


1 teaspoon salt





(With a pastry blender or 2 knives will work cut in finely...)


1/2 cup shortening





(Add)


1 cup of milk, Stir with a fork to make dough soft. Turn dough onto a lightly floured surface and kneed gently 8 to 10 times. Pat or roll dough to about 3/4 inches thick. Cut the dough by pressing a circular mug or glass 3 inches diameter (it's better than little tiny biscuits) into the dough and twist. Take remaining dough and pat again then cut again until it's all used. Place circled dough on an ungreased cookie sheet. With clean scissors snip each biscuit almost to center to give 5 petals. Brush melted butter on top of each biscuit then top with a mixture of:





1/3 cup of sugar


1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon


1/4 teaspoon of nutmeg





Place a quarter of maraschino or candied cheery in the center of each.





Bake for 14 - 16 minutes.





This will make about 6-8 big biscuits.





Hint: I find parchment (not waxed) works great on the cookie sheet for better bottoms(not burnt) and easy clean.
This is the easiest and best biscuit recipe I have come across.





2 cups flour


2 Tbsp. baking powder


pinch of salt


Mix well.


1/4 cup margarine, soft


Crumble margarine into the dry mix.


1 cup milk


Mix well.





Drop by spoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet. Makes a dozen. Bake in 450F oven about 10-12 minutes.





If you want to change it up, you can add about 1/2-3/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese after you have mixed in the margarine.


When the biscuits come out of the oven, immediately spoon over garlic butter (1/4 cup butter melted in microwave, add about 1-2 tsp. garlic/herb mix).
Gooey Chocolate Cherry Cookies -





Ingredients





* 200g unsalted butter , at room temperature


* 85g light muscovado sugar


* 85g golden caster sugar


* 1 egg


* 225g self-raising flour


* 50g plain chocolate , 50-70% cocoa, roughly chopped


* 50g white chocolate , roughly chopped


* 85g natural colour glac茅 cherries , roughly chopped





Method





1. Heat oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Beat the butter, sugars and egg until smooth, then mix in the flour, chocolates and cherry pieces and 陆 tsp salt. Spoon onto non-stick baking sheets in large rough blobs - you'll get 20 out of this mix. Make sure they are well spaced as the cookies grow substantially as they bake. The raw dough can be frozen.


2. Bake for 12-14 mins until just golden, but still quite pale and soft in the middle. If baking from frozen, give them a few mins more. Cool on the sheets for 5 mins, then lift onto racks with a fish slice and leave to cool completely.





Try swapping the cherries for sour cherries, nuts or even more chocolate.
Biscuits


3 cups all-purpose flour


2 tablespoons sugar


2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder


1/2 teaspoon baking soda


1/2 teaspoon salt


1/2 cup vegetable shortening


1 cups buttermilk


1/4 cup melted unsalted butter





Directions


Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.


In a medium bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Cut in the shortening with a fork until it looks like cornmeal. Add the milk, a little at a time, stirring constantly until well mixed.


Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead lightly two or three times. Roll out the dough with a floured rolling pin to 12-inch thickness. Cut with a 2-inch cutter.


Place the biscuits in a greased iron skillet. Gently press down top of biscuits. Brush the biscuits with half the melted butter. Bake for 14 minutes or until golden brown. Brush the hot biscuits with the remaining butter.
Sour cream scones...


Ingredients





* 2 cups all-purpose flour


* 3 tablespoons sugar


* 2 tablespoons baking powder


* 1 teaspoon baking soda


* 1/2 teaspoon salt


* 5 tablespoons butter, cubed


* 1 cup sour cream


* 1 egg yolk


* 1/2 cup heavy cream


* 1/4 cup sugar in the raw





Directions





Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.





In a food processor, pulse flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together. Add the cubed butter until a coarse meal forms. Pulse in the sour cream and egg yolk until just combined.





Turn the sticky dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until the dough comes together into a ball. Gently pat the dough down into a 3/4 inch thick square shape. With a large knife cut the dough square into 4 smaller, equal squares. Then cut each smaller square diagonally, with an X, making 4 smaller triangles.





Transfer the 16 triangles onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Brush the tops of each scone with heavy cream and sprinkle it with some sugar in the raw. This will create a shiny and crunchy top for the scones. Bake in preheated oven for 12 to 14 minutes until the bottoms of the scones are light brown.





Remove from oven, cool slightly on the sheet pan and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Most of the biscuit in recipes book you can make in under 2hrs eg look up plain biscuit peanut butter or fruit ones like currants and cherry or ginger snaps or even plain with Fancy faces on.
you should stick to a basic cookie recipe and then make it a bit a different with the extra ingredients you add in for the complexity factor





i did some searching on google and this is what i found, just to give you an idea:





basic sugar cookie recipe:


1/2 cup butter (1 stick)


1 cup sugar


1 egg


1/4 cup milk or water


1 tsp. vanilla


2 cups flour


2 tsp. baking powder





Directions:


Let a stick of butter stand in a mixing bowl until soft.


Mix in sugar, then egg, milk, and vanilla. Add


baking powder to flour, and add to mixing bowl a little at


a time, and mix well.





Drop by teaspoons onto a lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake on the


top shelf at 375 degrees until brown (about 8 to 12 minutes).


Makes about 4 dozen small cookies.





Variations:


Coconut Cookies: Add 1 cup of shredded coconut to the recipe after


adding egg. Part of the coconut can be reserved and sprinkled


over the cookies before baking.





Cinnamon Cookies: Add 1/2 tsp. cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice to the


flour. Sprinkle cinnamon sugar on top.





Orange Cookies: Substitute orange juice for milk and add grated


rind of half an orange for the vanilla. Add 1 cup coconut, if desired.





Chocolate Cookies: Add 1/2 cup cocoa to the flour (reduce flour to 1 and 1/2


cups). Continue with the rest of ingredients. Bake at 350 degrees.





Peanut Butter Cookies: Add 1/2 cup peanut butter with the sugar (part brown


sugar is good). Chocolate chips (about 1 cup) are good in this recipe.





Date Cookies: Substitute brown sugar for white sugar. Add 1 cup chopped


dates to recipe after adding the egg. Add 1/2 cup nuts, if desired.





Whole Wheat Cookies: Reduce white flour to 1 cup and add 3/4 cup whole


wheat flour. Add 1 cup molasses instead of sugar. Spices are a


good addition (try 1 tsp. ground ginger).