How to make Biscuits

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How to make Biscuits
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• Biscuit Ingredients
• Flour
• Sugar
• Butter/oil
• Raising Agent
• Flavourings/Decoration

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Flour
We also need flour that is made from wheat The
flour comes from the grains at the end of the
stalks
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Flour
You need to grind the grains up in a mill to make
flour. Windmills were used to make flour but most
is now made in modern factories. There are three
different types plain flour, self raising flour
and wholemeal flour.
Self raising flour has a raising agent added to
it to make things rise when cooking Wholemeal
flour is made using the whole grain of wheat
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Where does Sugar come from?

• Sugar comes from two very different types of plant

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Sugar comes from sugar cane that is grown in hot
countries like India and the Caribbean
Sugar also comes from sugar beet that grows in
countries like the UK
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Sugar
After processing both types of sugar look the same
Sugar makes things taste sweet but too much can
be bad for your teeth! You need sugar in biscuits
to make them taste nice and to give them texture
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Butter and oils
For home baking most people will use butter or
margarine. At United Biscuits we use more oils
such as sunflower oil which is healthier
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Raising agents
Baking powder or bicarbonate of soda are the most
common raising agents. You need them to make
biscuit doughs expand or rise up during cooking
to make the biscuits bigger. They are not need in
every recipe and you only need a small amount
normally less than a teaspoon full
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Flavouring and Decoration
Make your biscuits different by Using different
flavours Using different shapes Using different
decoration
What will you do with your biscuits?
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Different Flavour Suggestions
Oats will make your biscuits crunchier like a
flapjack Dried fruit such as raisins, sultanas or
cherries will give your biscuits a fruity
taste Add grated coconut for a tropical taste Add
a small amount of spices such as cinnamon or
mixed spice to spice up your biscuits A few
chocolate chips will give your biscuits a
chocolatey flavour
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Shaping your biscuits
These are biscuit cutters to make your biscuits
different shapes But dont worry if you do not
have one you can use an down cups instead to cut
out your biscuits from the dough Or you can use a
knife or spatula to cut out biscuits in any shape
you like!
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Decorating your biscuits

• Your can decorate the top of your biscuits with
• More fruit such as cherries or raisins
• A sweet
• Chocolate chips
• Icing
• A Dusting of icing sugar to make them look
  frosted

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.. And the results can be whatever you want them
to be !!
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Glossary

• Processing means how we change a raw material
  such as the sugar beet into sugar that can be
  used in cooking
• Texture is how things feel this could mean how
  a biscuit is to hold in your hand or how it feels
  in your mouth eg hard and crunchy or soft and
  chewy
• Dough is the soft lump of mixture that is made by
  mixing the ingredients before they are cut into
  shapes and cooked
• Spatula is a flat knife like tool without sharp
  edges that is used to shape things like cakes and
  biscuits and to lift them or turn them over,
  especially when they are hot