120 Biscuits for Less than $5!
Make over 120 yummy biscuits for just less than $5! This fantastic basic recipe is terrific value, makes loads and has lots of room for variations:
- 500g butter or margarine
- 1 tin condensed milk
- 1 cup sugar
- 5 cups self-raising flour
Cream sugar and butter. Add condensed milk and flour. Roll into teaspoon sized balls and press down with a fork. Place on greased trays and bake in moderate oven (approx 180 degrees C) until golden brown (approximately 10-15 minutes). For a less ‘floury’ biscuit – substitute half a cup of flour for 1/2 cup of custard powder.
These are some flavours suggested by you!
- Chocolate chips
- Cornflakes and sultanas
- Hundreds and Thousands
- Malted Milk
- Milo and coconut
- Peanut Butter (my favourite!)
- Jam drops
- Chocolate (add cocoa)
- Chocolate with Dried Ginger
- Dried Apricot with ginger and rolled in coconut.
- White Chocolate and Macadamia
- Sultana and Orange Zest
You could add any number of other things like Rice Bubbles, Smarties, nuts, cinnamon and other spices and so on. The raw mixture can be frozen in balls, just thaw slightly before baking.
SWEETENED CONDENSED MILK SUBSTITUTE
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Mix all ingredients and use as a substitute for sweetened condensed milk in recipes for pies, bars and desserts.
Recipe Tips and Hints:
- Biscuit dough is suitable to freeze. Roll dough into a sausage shape and wrap in baking paper and seal the ends. Write the flavour on the outside. Freezer for up to three months.
- Form small balls with the dough and freeze on a tray, then place the small balls in a ziplock bag to freeze for up to three months.
- Substitute half the butter for an additional egg for a healthier version
- Condensed milk can also be substituted with Caramel Top n Fill for a naughtier version.
- If you wish to use cookie cutters, add more plain flour to make the dough stiffer.
Thank you for this recipe! I tried it this weekend with my 3.5yr old and 22 month old helping me and they turned out great!
I am trying this on the weekend. It is supposed to be horrible weather, so good for keeping little kids amused. My 4.5 year old loves cooking, so this will do the trick!
So when a recipe calls for a tin of condensed milk – has it already allowed for the three tablespoons that I ate straight from the tin? lol just can’t help myself!
Sounds like one i will try my 2year old loves bickies, and if i add chocolate even better so thanks heaps. x x
Just made these with my 7 and 9 year old!
They loved decorating and cutting out their own from cookie cutters!
We added dark chocolate chips and hundreds and thousands. Miss 9 also grabbed out my cake decorating sprinkles, and went to town using them too!!!
Just so you know … I halved the sugar and added a tsp of vanilla bean paste.
These biscuits turned out GREAT!!! Thanks so much for sharing this recipe =D
Just wondering what the best way would be to store and freeze left over mixture?
Just made these biscuits but with a healthy twist.
Instead of White sugar I used :
Raw sugar
Instead of 5 cups of white flour I used:
3 cups wholemeal Flour
1 Cup rolled Wholemeal Rolled oats
1/2 cup LSA
1/2 cup Custard powder
They are yummy, my super super super fussy 2yr will love them and I will be happy for her to eat them cause they are healthier then shop bought ones.
OMG thanks im just starting to bake a lot instead of buying pkt snacks for my kids so excited.. and my boy loves to help me bake and cook
I love to bake and this is a fantastic biscuit recipe to use when your baking for the school fete! mine spread to much so next time will not flatten with a fork as much. Very Yummy!!
Hi! Writing from NZ… Just wanting to confirm, how big is the tin of condensed milk in your recipe? I found 3 different sizes here!! Thanks.
the one I used was 395g and they came out a great consistancy, so that should be about right
These are really really easy and taste great!!! My kids love them. I have now packed them into the freezer and just get how many i need out the night before and by morning they are defrosted and ready to eat!!!
I have one serious issue with this recipe… THEY DON”T LAST !! I am baking and baking like a mad-woman and still i have no biscuits to speak of! It has been a absolute hit. It is wonderful to know exactly what the kids are putting in their mouths as a treat.
This is a fantastic recipe that I have used for years. I was very excited to see all the suggestions for varying the base recipe. I am not that creative and can’t wait to try them out.
One thing I do that hasn’t been suggested is to throw a heap of cooked biscuits in an airtight container/very large zip lock bag in the freeze. Then every morning, you can pull some out for the kid’s lunch boxes. They have defrosted by morning tea time, are not soggy and freezing them means that that you always have home baking to include in lunchboxes every day.
Made the 120+ biscuts this morning….yay! choc top, choc chip, 100′s & 1000′s coated, 100 & 1000′s biscuits, lemon and ginger, jube tops and last but not least…peanut butter
Thankyou for this great recipe, will try substituting 1/2 a cup SR flour 1/2 a cup custard powder next time – one of the tips.
Thanks again for this great site!
Would love to try this….but I have a boy allergic to dairy (so no condensed milk) as well as eggs (so cant use the substitute either!!) Any suggestions for another substitute please???
Hi Rac487 I haven’t yet tried this recipe but have multiple food allergies and experience with allergy-free baking. I would follow the stated recipe for condensed milk replacement but substitute the egg. Ground chia seeds or ground flax seeds mixed with water work well as an egg replacer in baking. To replace one egg, 1TB seeds and 2TB water works pretty well. Flax seeds are harder to grind than chia but a coffee grinder if you have one works really well. Let the mixture sit for a few minutes to thicken before adding to the recipe. Good Luck!
I tried 4 combinations and they’re all great (sultanas, apricots and coconut, plain, chocolate) but in order to get 120 they’re smaller than i’d nrmally do. I’ll just have to eat two! Yum.