Delicious crispy and butter, you will love this recipe for my Mums Vanilla Biscuits
FIRST POSTED May 2014 POST UPDATED 30th April 2023
Today I would like to share with you a recipe from my Mum – I am quite sure she did not invent the recipe but in my mind it may as well be hers! These cookies were a constant when I was growing up – the go to cookie recipe for any occasion and they are so so tasty.
They are crispy, buttery, sugary and great with either sultanas or chocolate chips. A really basic recipe that takes no time to whip up.
I rarely will use a fork to press into biscuits these days, preferring the more smooth cookie style, but you just have to include that step here to create that classic finish.
The ingredients are just a few pantry basics
Scroll down to see the full recipe and method below
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Sugar
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Butter
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Vanilla
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Egg
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Plain White Flour
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Baking Powder
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Sultanas or Chocolate Chips
These biscuits are so easy to make, you will need a food mixer or an electric hand held beater as you need to cream together the first few ingredients.
Once the sugar, butter and vanilla are creamed together, I add in the eggs and blend well then add in the flour, baking powder and either sultanas or chocolate chips. Then stir to combine.
I like to roll these into small balls, around a tablespoon, then press with a damp fork to create that classic biscuit shape. They take around 15 minutes to bake depending on your oven, they are done when they are lightly golden at the edges.
The biscuits will be soft when you get them out of the oven the firm to crispy upon standing. I think you will love them!
If you like the look of these biscuits you might like to try a few others I love below
Grandma’s Afghan Biscuits
Jam Drops
Grandma’s Cornflake Biscuits
Peanut Brownie Biscuits
Onto the recipe
My Mum's Vanilla Biscuits
Delicious crispy biscuits from my childhood, make with either sultanas or chocolate chips
Ingredients
- 125 grams Butter, room temperature
- 250 grams White Sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Essence
- 1 Egg, medium
- 250 grams Plain White Flour
- 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
- 1/2 Cup of Sultanas or Chocolate Chips, 85 grams
Instructions
- Preheat Oven to 175C Bake, 345 F
- Cream butter, sugar and vanilla essence together until smooth and creamy.
- Add egg and mix well.
- Combine dry ingredients including sultanas or chocolate chips and blend until all mixed through.
- Roll a tablespoon sized amount of mixture together and pop on a cold greased or lined tray.
- Press slightly with a damp fork.
- Bake for approx. 13 - 16 minutes until slightly golden in colour. All ovens vary so cook until edges become golden brown.
- Remove from the oven and after a few minutes remove onto a wire rack or newspaper to cool completely.
- They will be soft when removed from oven but will crisp up on standing.
- Store in an airtight container.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 24 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 137Total Fat: 5gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 18mgSodium: 57mgCarbohydrates: 22gFiber: 1gSugar: 13gProtein: 2g
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Easy as that! Store in an airtight container and they last well – if you don’t eat them all that is!
I hope you enjoy this quick tasty biscuit recipe from my family to yours.
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Happy Baking
Anna
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Peta says
Hi Anna, Love all your recipes thank you. Just want to clarify the oven temperature that you suggest is that for fan forced or no fan? Usually fan forced would be 10-20deg lower
justamumnz says
Hi, All my recipes are for standard bake, the usual recommendation if you can only use fan is 20C less.
Carol says
I’ve just made but mine went big and flat ,I did use self raising flour and sweet William chocolate Chips due nut allergy ,bit disappointed they don’t look like yours but then probably my own fault
justamumnz says
Hi, it would have been due to the self raising flour. The usual ratio is 150 grams or a cup of flour to 1.5 teaspoons of baking powder to make self raising. So in this case you would have used closer to 2.5 teaspoons of baking powder where the recipe calls for just one.
Judy Sinnott says
Thanks for the recipe I will let you know as soon as I make the biscuits thanks
Judy Sinnott says
Why are your recipes so hard to read because they are so pail to read
justamumnz says
Hmm that’s unusual. Are you looking at the actual printable recipe card with full ingredients, quantities and method?
Sue Selwyn says
This is my favourite go to recipe. It’s so versatile.
romana says
The vanilla biscuit recipe is a very nice recipe. I put cake mix in my recipe, instead of sultanas. Definitely a recipe to keep.
Aren’t i suppose to add a pinch of salt to mixture?
romana says
Hi this recipe for vanilla biscuits is a very nice recipe. thank you. i added cake fruit mix. will definitely keep this recipe!
romana says
125 gram margarine: can you convert this to cups please?
justamumnz says
I do not work with cups of butter sorry, but grams are a universal unit of measurement so you should be able to convert to whatever unit of measurement you use. Remember to specify if your cup is 240 or 250mls when converting.
Shona McCutcheon says
Is this recipe foe fan bake or do I take the temperature down
justamumnz says
This recipe and all of my others is based on conventional bake, if you only have fan bake you usually need to reduce the temp up to 20 degrees depending on your oven.
Lu says
I have been banned making biscuits by my daughter ?. The biscuits were so tiny and I thought that was strange, I forgot the baking powder, duh! Still taste nice.
justamumnz says
Ha ha oh dear!
kirsti says
I love these! They remind me of the Edmonds Sante cookies!
Sue Selwyn says
This is a very versatile recipe. Last week I added cranberries and chocolate chips, Deliciouse. Thanks
Angela says
Does this receipt use plain or SR flour, a couple of the recipes on this site don’t state which one is used, a regular baker may know which one to use but us beginners need some details. Thanks
justamumnz says
Hi, great question, unless stated it means plain flour but I’ll make a note to specify from now on 🙂
Megs says
How much is the flour and sugar in cup measurements please? I don’t own scales.
justamumnz says
Hi Megs, 250g of sugar is 1 1/4 cups of sugar, and 250g flour is 2 cups of flour. Happy baking 🙂
Sarah Blair says
These are so easy and versatile and the kids love them! Definitely one of my favourites to make!
justamumnz says
Awesome – so nice to hear that my Mums recipe is being enjoyed. 🙂
emilyjeffree says
Yum- defo chocolate chips for me!
Just a Mum says
Ha ha – my kids agree with you! For me they are more traditional with juicy sultanas but both taste good ! 🙂