Sweet & Salt Biscuits are tasty, crispy cookies made by baking a blend of flour, butter, sugar & salt. Sweet & Salt Biscuits are a thing of bakeries that can be tried at homes and the family will ask for more. Bakery Style Tea Biscuits with sweet & salt taste is heavenly accompaniment with tea & coffee.
I love the salt and sweet biscuits that is sold in bakeries.I have already tried masala version of these biscuits and it was perfect for tea time.So I decided to tweak that recipe and here is my version of sweet and salt biscuits that I tried long back.These are the set of cookie cutters that I mentioned here.
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Sweet & Salt Biscuits
Ingredients
- 1 cup plain flour / maida
- 1/3 cup butter at room temperature
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoon powdered sugar / icing sugar
- 1/4 cup minus 1 tablespoon milk
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl – take butter and powdered sugar. Whisk it well without any lumps.
- Now add flour. After adding the flour, add salt, mix well then add milk and bring it together to form a soft dough.
- Allow it to rest for 15mins.
- Now using a rolling pin, roll the dough to a slightly thin layer about 1/8 inch thickness.
- Meanwhile, preheat oven at 180 deg C for 10mins.
- Cut using a cookie cutter of your choice. Collect the scrap and repeat the same.
- Arrange this in a baking tray, prick holes with a fork to avoid puffing.
- Bake at 180 Deg C for 12-15 mins or until it turns golden.
- Store Sweet & Salt Biscuits in an airtight container.
Notes
- Do not knead too much just knead to bring it together that's enough else the cookies will turn out hard.
- Do not roll thick.
- These biscuits are mild sweet, if you want increase sugar.
- You can jeera / ajwain for flavored biscuits.
- The timing depends on the thickness of the cookies so keep an eye after 10mins, when it starts to brown at the edges switch off.
- Keeps well for about a week in airtight container.
- My cookie cutters are very small so got many cookies. So the quantity depends on the type and size of cookie cutter you use.
- I did not have butter paper so baked directly in the tray but I recommend laying a baking sheet / butter paper / aluminium foil
Sweet & Salt Biscuits Recipe Step by Step
- In a mixing bowl – take butter and powdered sugar.Whisk it well without any lumps.Now add flour.
- After adding the flour, salt,mix well then add milk and bring it together to form a soft dough.Allow it to rest for 15mins.
- Now using a rolling pin,roll the dough to a slightly thin layer about 1/8 inch thickness.Preheat oven at 180 deg C for 10mins.Cut using a cookie cutter of your choice.Collect the scrap and repeat the same.
- Arrange this in a baking tray,prick holes with a fork to avoid puffing.Bake in the same temperature for 12-15 mins or until it turns golden.
Store in an airtight container.
Expert Tips
- Do not knead too much just knead to bring it together thats enough else the cookies will turn out hard.
- Do not roll thick.
- These biscuits are mildy sweet, if you want increase sugar.
- You can jeera / ajwain for flavored biscuits.
- The timing depends on the thickness of the cookies so keep an eye after 10mins, when it starts to brown at the edges switch off.
- Keeps well for about a week in airtight container.
- My cookie cutters are very small so got many cookies.So the quantity depends on the type and size of cookie cutter you use.
- I did not have butter paper so baked directly in the tray but I recommend laying a baking sheet / butter paper / aluminium foil
Kamali Ah
Can we make these biscuits in cooker? If so please guide me how to proceed..
SHARMILEE J
I havent tried baking cookies / biscuits in cooker so not really sure…will try and post it
Sneha Ramesh
sharmilee mam please post some puff recipes 🙂
roshini
Hi , when should we add salt. It is not mentioned in the recipe. Also is there any baking powder in this recipe?
SHARMILEE J
Salt should be added along with flour.No baking powder for this recipe
Unknown
Hi butter is unsalted right?
SHARMILEE J
yes
Mitali
Hello! I tried out your recipe and added mixed herbs like oregano, parsley, basil, Rosemary and jeera. Added a bit of chili powder and salt. They turned out exceptional. Also I used ghee because I didn’t have butter.. it worked well too. Thanks!!
Padma
Hi Sharmi
Any alternative for maida??
Sharmilee J
You can try with wheat flour