Chocolate Raisin Biscuits Gluten Free Or Not Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 170 degrees Centigrade. Line biscuit trays with baking paper.
• Melt half of the chocolate and set aside to cool.
• Beat the butter and sugar until pale and creamy. Add the egg and beat well. Stir in the melted chocolate.
• Sift in the flour and baking powder. Stir gently to combine. Fold into the mix the remaining chopped chocolate and the shopped raisins.
• Refrigerate for 30 minutes or until firm.
• Roll tablespoonfuls of the mixture into balls and then place onto the trays. Flatten with the back of a metal spoon.
• Bake 15-20 minutes or until golden.
• Stand 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool.

Steps:

• Line a large baking tray with baking parchment. Beat the sugar and butter together in a large bowl until pale and smooth using an electric whisk. Pour in the egg, a little at a time, whisking well after each addition. Tip in the flour, cornflour, xanthan gum and salt, and beat again. (If using chocolate chips or citrus zest, stir this in now.) Flatten the dough into a disc in the bowl, then cover and chill for 1 hr.
• Put the chilled dough between two sheets of baking parchment and roll out to 1cm thick. Using a 6cm cutter, stamp out as many biscuits as you can, arranging them on the tray with space between them. Re-roll the offcuts and repeat until all the dough has been used (you should get 12-15 biscuits). Chill for 30 mins.
• Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. If you like, sprinkle the biscuits with a little demerara sugar, then bake for 8-10 mins until golden and firm at the edges. Leave to cool on the tray for 2-3 mins, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• In large bowl, mix all ingredients. Cover; let stand for 10 minutes. On ungreased cookie sheet, drop dough by tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart.
• Bake 16 to 19 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Place cookie sheet on cooling rack. Cool 3 minutes before removing cookies from cookie sheet.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 190 degrees C (375 degrees F).
• Mix all dry ingredients in a large bowl. (Use a stand mixer if available.).
• Mix the oil, egg and sugars until pale and creamy looking. Add the vanilla and water.
• Pour the liquid ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix until thoroughly combined. If the chocolate chips fall out of the dough, add a little more water.
• Using two spoons, drop small walnut sized piles of the mixture onto Teflon or baking-paper-lined oven sheets, leaving about 4-5cm between each to allow spreading as they cook.
• Place, one tray at a time, in the middle of the oven and bake for 10-11 minutes until not quite golden brown. Be careful not to overcook, they are still tasty but crumbly.
• Cool on baking tray for a few minutes, then on racks until completely cool before transferring to an airtight container for storage. They keep well for a few days, otherwise store in the freezer.

Steps:

• Mix the flour, salt and sugar in a large mixing bowl. Add the butter and rub in with your fingers until it resembles fine breadcrumbs. Beat the egg and stir it into the dry ingredients with the vanilla extract, knead to make a smooth dough (you may need to add a tiny splash of milk if the mixture is too dry).
• Divide the dough into 2 and knead the raisins into one half. Wrap the 2 balls of dough in cling film and chill in the fridge for 15-20 minutes
• Preheat the oven to 180C/160C fan and line 2 baking trays with baking parchment. Roll out the 2 balls of dough onto a floured surface to 5mm thick and use a 5cm cookie cutter to cut out the biscuit shapes, lay the raisin biscuits on one tray and the vanilla biscuits on the other then chill for another 10 minutes.
• Bake for 15 minutes until lightly golden, swap the trays over half way through cooking. Cool on the trays then sprinkle with the icing sugar before serving.