Author: Victoria Aly
Time for reading: ~3
minutes
Last Updated:
August 08, 2022
Baking the first biscuit is a test that not every novice housewife will pass. The biscuit may not rise, not bake, burn, turn into a “piece of rubber”. And it would seem that it is so difficult? There are only three ingredients: eggs, sugar and flour. But no!
Baking the first biscuit is a test that not every novice housewife will pass. The biscuit may not rise, not bake, burn, turn into a “piece of rubber”. And it would seem that it is so difficult? There are only three ingredients: eggs, sugar and flour. But no!
Biscuit dough is very capricious and requires a special attitude, accuracy and clarity of action. And at the same time, I want to learn how to cook a magnificent biscuit, because then unusually delicious cakes and interesting desserts are easily prepared from it.
In a biscuit, you can change some ingredients, turning it into a nut, chocolate, coffee or vanilla biscuit, but in any case, when preparing a biscuit, consider important nuances:
- eggs for biscuit must be fresh;
- Be sure to sift the flour 1-2 times;
- carefully follow the entire sequence of actions. It is very important;
- mix flour into the dough in small portions;
- mix all the ingredients gently, with smooth, unsharp movements;
- do not stir the dough for a long time;
- Before cooking the biscuit, prepare the baking dish;
- put the biscuit in the oven preheated to the correct temperature;
The dough doesn't have to wait. After kneading, it should immediately go to a preheated oven;
Do not open the oven door for the first 25 minutes of baking.
Recipes with the ingredient wheat flour
Recipes with sugar
Step 1
For work, we need flour, sugar, eggs, a whisk (food processor), a bowl.
Step 2
The dishes for work should be clean and dry, and the products should be at room temperature.
Step 3
Flour must be sifted 1-2 times before work. This will enrich it with oxygen and the biscuit will turn out more magnificent.
Step 4
It is very important to carefully separate the whites from the yolks. Not a drop of yolk should get into the whites, otherwise it will be almost impossible to beat the whites into a strong foam (and this is one of the conditions for making a fluffy biscuit).
Step 5
When preparing a biscuit, carefully follow a certain sequence of actions: first beat the yolks with half the sugar until bright and increase in volume by 3 times. They should resemble a thick mass.
Step 6
Then beat the whites in a separate bowl until light foam, and then, gradually adding the second half of the sugar, until fluffy foam.
Step 7
Stir 1/3 of the whites into the yolks. Stir in with gentle circular motions from bottom to top.
Step 8
The next step is to gradually mix in the prepared flour in portions by hand. The movements during intervention are the same: circular from the bottom up, unsharp and smooth.
Step 9
Lastly, gently fold in the rest of the egg whites.
Step 10
Remember that biscuit dough cannot be kneaded for a long time, so knead gently and quickly. When the dough is ready, you should already have a form prepared (lined with cooking paper or oiled and sprinkled with flour), as well as the oven preheated to the required temperature. The dough laid out in the form should immediately go to the oven.
Step 11
After baking, let the biscuit cool in the oven for 10 minutes, and then carefully remove from the mold and let cool on a wire rack, covered with a towel. To prepare cakes, the biscuit must first stand under a towel for 12 hours.