I always feels if we eat food that is as "real" as possible then that's the ideal. What I mean by real is to limit genetically modified foods. Those are foods derived from sugar (created from gmo beets), soy and corn. So I choose sugar derived from cane and olive or coconut oil instead of vegetable soy based or corn oil. These genetically modified ingredients are actually quite common in processed foods. So for example if you buy a packet of your favourite chocolate biscuits chances are they were made with corn syrup and vegetable oil. Don't get me wrong, we can't totally abstain from these foods because we may have the occasional snack with it but we can certainly try our best to prepare our own snacks.
So this brings me to my recipe today which is fork biscuits. I make these frequently for my son, and you would too if you knew how simple they are. Three ingredients : caster sugar, flour and butter. Did I mention how fast it's made? Try 15 minutes to prep then about that same time in the oven. So even if you are a busy mum you can always spare the time to make this scrummy biscuit. Enjoy!
Fork Biscuits (Recipe from Mary Berry's book Mary Berry's Ultimate Cake Book 2nd edition)
4 oz(100g) butter softened
2oz (50g) caster sugar
5 oz(150g) self rising flour
Preheat oven to 180 degrees celcius/350 degree F/gas4. Lightly grease 2 baking trays.
Measure the butter into a bowl and beat with a wooden spoon. Gradually beat in the sugar and then mix the flour. Bring the mixture together with your hands to form a dough. Form the dough balls about the size of a walnut and place on the prepared baking trays. Dip a fork in a little water and use this to flatten the biscuits.
Bake in the pre-heated oven for about 15 - 20 minutes or until very pale golden. Lift off baking tray and leave to cool completely on wire rack.
A note on a few adaptions I made. I added vanilla extract to the dough and I chilled my dough so as to avoid over spreading in the oven.
