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raisin biscuits on a wooden serving board.
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Raisin biscuits

Raisin biscuits are a great simple biscuit recipe. They're such an easy bake, that's easily adaptable making them perfect for kids and beginner bakers to try.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 32 minutes
Servings: 20
Course: Afternoon tea, Snack
Cuisine: British
Calories: 101
Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients
  

  • 100 g (½ cup) butter, softened
  • 75 g (⅓ cup) caster sugar
  • 1 egg separated
  • 200 g (1/¼ cups) plain /all-purpose flour
  • 65 g (⅓ cup) raisins
  • 1-2 tbsp milk
  • caster sugar for sprinkling

Equipment

  • Freestanding mixer
  • Mixing bowl
  • Measuring cups
  • measuring spoons
  • Lemon zester
  • Rolling pin
  • cutters
  • Palette knife
  • baking tray
  • Wire rack
  • Cake storage

Method
 

Pre-heat the oven to 200C / 180C Fan / 390F and line 2-3 baking trays with baking or parchment paper.
    Cream the butter and sugar together
    1. Measure out the sugar and add it to a large mixing bowl or free-standing mixer.
      Measure out the butter chop it into small pieces to make it easier to mix in. If your butter is very hard pop it in the microwave for a few seconds. Do it for long enough for it to soften, but don't melt it.
    2. Cream the butter and sugar together using the k paddle of your mixer, a hand held mixer or wooden spoons. Beat it until it is light and fluffy.
    Add the egg yolk
    1. Separate the egg yolk and egg white.
      Set the egg white aside for later and add the egg yolk to your mixing bowl. Mix it in.
    Add the flour
    1. Measure the flour then add it to your mixing bowl. If you want to make your biscuits lighter, you can sieve the flour in.
    2. Mix the flour in. The mixture will be dry and crumbly at this point.
    Add the raisins
    1. Measure out the raisins and add them to your mixing bowl. Using a spatula or wooden spoon, mix them in.
      Add a splash of milk (no more than a tablespoon or two), just enough for it all to come together into a nice soft biscuit dough.
    2. Once it's all well mixed, use your hands to bring the dough together into a ball.
    Make the raisin biscuits
    1. Tip your biscuit dough out onto a lightly floured work surface.
    2. Roll the dough out until it is about 5mm or ¼ inches thick. Turn it 90 degrees in between rolls so that it rolls out nice and evenly and doesn't stick to your worktop.
    3. Using a 6cm (2 ½ inch) round or fluted cutter cut out the biscuits and pop them on your prepared baking trays.
      Bring together the scraps of dough back into a ball and roll it out again. When you're finished you should have around 20 biscuits.
    Bake the raisin biscuits
    1. Bake the biscuits in the oven for 8-10 minutes.
    2. Remove them from the oven then brush the whisked egg white over the top of each biscuit, and sprinkle a little caster sugar on top.
      Return the biscuits to the oven and bake them for another 4-5 minutes.
    3. They're ready when they are turning a lovely pale golden brown colour.
      Remove them from the oven and leave them to cool on the baking trays for a few minutes before putting them on a wire rack to cool completely