Fork biscuits

With only 3 ingredients, the simple fork biscuit the easiest biscuit recipe for kids, so are the perfect thing for getting children busy in the kitchen.

If you are looking for an easy biscuit recipe for kids, fork biscuits are the perfect, simple bake for you. With only 3 ingredients, these no egg biscuits don’t use biscuit cutters, are easy to make and shouldn’t make too much mess in your kitchen. Not only that, but they’re really quick, which is ideal if, like my kids, yours have a relativetly short attention span. To eat, they’re a wee bit like a shortbread – really soft and crumbly, so even though they’re simple, they’re still really tasty.

Once you’ve mastered the basic fork biscuit recipe you can try make them a bit more exciting by adding different flavours like lemon or dried fruit or even turn them into chocolate fork biscuits.

If this is your first time in the kitchen with your children, read some of our top tips to make it a bit easier and less stressful! And if you enjoyed baking these biscuits we’ve got lots of easy biscuit recipes kids will enjoy or or easy bakes for children.

Difficulty: Easy

Time: 15 minutes + 15 minutes baking

Serves: approx 15 biscuits

Ingredients 

100g (1/2 cup) butter (softened)
50g (1/4 cup) caster sugar
150g (1 1/4 cup) self raising flour

How to make fork biscuits

Pre-heat your oven to 180C / 160C fan and prepare your baking trays

Get your toddler to line a few baking trays with baking paper.

Mix the butter and sugar together

Get your toddler to measure the butter. Ours was a bit hard so we gave it a really quick blast (10 seconds or so) in the microwave to soften it. Put it in a large mixing bowl.

Weigh the sugar and add it to the bowl.

Beat together with a wooden spoon until it is all well combined.

Add the flour

Get your toddler to weigh the flour, then add to your mixing bowl. Carry on mixing with your spoons then use your hands to bring it all together into a soft dough.

Form the fork biscuits

Roll small pieces of dough (the size of a walnut or teaspoon) into round balls. Place on your baking tray, leaving space between them for spreading.

Dip a fork in cold water and press down on each ball of biscuit dough in turn to flatten each biscuit and make an imprint. If your toddler is too young to help rolling the balls, this is a good step for them to help with instead. Or if you have more than one child helping you, give one the job of rolling the balls while the other flattens them with the fork.

Bake your fork biscuits

Bake in the oven for 12-15 minutes until they are golden brown.
Remove the fork biscuits from the oven and leave them to cool on a wire rack.

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Fork biscuits

With only 3 ingredients, fork biscuits are one of the easiest things you can bake, so are the perfect thing for getting children busy in the kitchen.

Prep Time15 mins

Cook Time15 mins

Total Time30 mins

Course: Snack

Cuisine: British

Keyword: biscuits

Servings: 15

Calories: 97kcal

Ingredients

• 100 g butter softened
• 50 g caster sugar
• 150 g self raising flour

Instructions

Pre-heat your oven to 180C / 160C fan

Line a few baking trays with baking paper

Mix the butter and sugar together

• Measure the butter and put it in a large mixing bowl.
• Weigh the sugar and add it to the bowl.
• Beat together with a wooden spoon until well combined.

Add the flour

• Weigh the flour, then add to your mixing bowl. Carry on mixing then use your hands to bring it all together into a soft dough.

Form the biscuits

• Roll small pieces of dough (the size of a walnut or teaspoon) into round balls. Place on your baking tray, leaving space between them for spreading.
• Dip a fork in cold water and press down on each ball in turn to flatten each biscuit and make an imprint.
• Bake in the oven for 12-15 minutes until they are golden brown.
• Cool on a wire rack.

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