Basic Tea Biscuit Recipe

Tea biscuits are the go-anywhere-with-everything!

They’re good with soup, with a cup of tea, with a fancy dinner, with a thrown together leftover medley; for breakfast, lunch or supper.

The Recipe
1 cup     all-purpose flour
1 Tbsp   granulated sugar
1 ½ tsp  baking powder
¼ tsp     salt
3 Tbsp   margarine or butter
1 Tbsp   olive oil
¼ cup    milk

In a large bowl, mix dry ingredients. Cut the butter and oil into the dry ingredients until the mixture is crumbly.

Add milk and stir to form a ball. (You may need to add more milk if the ingredients are too dry to form a ball, but only a tablespoon at a time.)

On a floured surface, knead the dough ball a few times then roll to ¾ inch thick. Cut into 2 inch circles.

Place circles on an ungreased baking sheet and bake at 400⁰F for 10 minutes or until lightly browned.

This easy recipe makes 6 biscuits.

The recipe doubles well and anything can be added to it. How about grated cheese? Or chocolate chips? Blueberries? Or maybe some simple herbs, like oregano and basil? You don’t need to add a lot. For the basic recipe above - ½ cup would be enough; ½ tsp for the herbs. Whatever you add should be added to the dry ingredients.

Make it! Enjoy it! Let me know what you added!