Our Super Easy Fork Biscuit Recipe - What the Redhead said (2024)

Baking Recipes, Recipes · November 9, 2023

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Fork biscuits are such an easy treat to make. With just three ingredients, they can often be made with what you have in the fridge and the larder. They take just twenty minutes and are something the children love to have after school or on a weekend afternoon.

How to make fork biscuits

To make simple fork biscuits you just need butter, sugar and self raising flour although you can add a little vanilla for extra flavour if you want to. You can also use plain flour if you like with just a little baking powder or baking soda added to give the cookies a nice rise.

Can you vary this recipe?

As well as adding vanilla, you can add other flavours to these easy fork biscuits – lemon zest or orange zest for a fruity tang or some cocoa powder in place of a little flour to make chocolate fork biscuits. You could also sandwich the biscuits with some buttercream or frosting in the middle.

You could also add chocolate chips, raisins or other dried fruit to make delicious sweet treats using what you have to hand and to suit your family’s tastes.

We love making these cookies together at the kitchen table, all sharing the tasks and making them together. Baking is such a nice activity to do together as a family and it’s a lovely way to spend a rainy afternoon tea. There really is nothing quite like a family home full of the smell of freshly baked cookies.

If you’re looking for other easy biscuit recipes to try, here’s our chocolate dipped coconut biscuits, jam sandwich biscuits and easy chocolate biscuits recipes. You can see all our recipes to date here.

What equipment do you need for this easy homemade cookie recipe?

You can make this homemade biscuits recipe simply with things you already have in your kitchen but here are the things we use in case there’s something you don’t already have:

• Baking sheet
• Baking paper
• Mixing bowl
• Scales
• Measuring spoons
• Wire rack

As you can see, it’s all things you probably have already – that is what makes this english chocolate biscuits recipe so simple and convenient to make.

Here’s our super easy recipe for Fork Cookies:

Makes:16 biscuits

Ingredients

• 150g butter at room temperature
• 75g caster sugar
• 225g self raising flour

Recipe

• Preheat oven 180C/350F/Gas Mark 4
• Lightly butter or line two baking trays.
• Put all the ingredients in a bowl and mix well with a wooden spoon to bring the mixture together to form a cookie dough.
• Portion the mixture out using a spoon or scoop, roll into balls and place on the baking trays about 2 inches apart. We use a teaspoon to measure the mix out – a little goes a long way! You should end up with little walnut sizes dough balls.
• Press each dough ball down gently with a fork.
• Bake for 15-20 minutes in the preheated oven until the cookies have spread and are golden brown on top.
• Leave to cool slightly before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

If you’d like to pin or print the Fork Biscuits recipe for later you can do so at the bottom of the page. Enjoy!