Plain Biscuits

The term biscuit refers to different forms and shapes to soft and hard ones. They can be either sweet or savory and mostly are eaten as a snack. Biscuits or cookies are used interchangeably and may or may not contain choice of fillings. These are delightful when they are golden crusty both top and bottom. 

Ingredients
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Flour                     1 1/2 cups
Baking Powder             pinch
Sugar Powdered            1/2 cup
Milk Cold                 1/3 cup 
Butter Melted             3/4 cup        

Method
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• Sift flour and baking powder. Keep aside.
• Beat powdered sugar and melted butter till light and fluffy.
• Now slowly add in the sifted flour and baking powder and fold in the mixture with a spatula. ( Donot run the mixer or the beater. Just fold in with the help of a spatula.)
• Once all the ingredients are folded well, add cold milk and mix.
• Knead to a hard dough and keep covered with damp kitchen towel for about an hour. Keep aside covered.
• After an hour, knead once again and divide into equal small portions.
• These small portions can be shaped into ones choice or preference and place them on a cookie sheet.
• Preheat the oven at 250 degrees. Once preheated place the cookie sheet in the oven and bake till light brown. (check in between to avoid over browning)
• Once the biscuits are nicely golden, switch off , remove from oven and transfer them to wire rack to cool.
• When time to serve as an evening snack, as an accompaniment to tea or dunk in the milk, these biscuits taste so good and it would be hmmnnn hmmnnnn good.