Biscuits are crispy biscuits with a long shelf life. In the classic recipe, only premium flour, water and salt are named among the ingredients. Such biscuits are usually included in the rations of the military, sailors, tourists.
Today biscuit biscuits are divided into simple, in which no additives are used, improved - with fat, and dietary. They also prepare potato, orange, and herb crispbreads. It turns out very tasty, and most importantly - healthy. Cookies are great for dieters or for the first feeding for small children.
Several recipes for biscuit cookies
For plain biscuits, combine 4 cups premium wheat flour, 2 cups boiled cold water, and 1 tablespoon salt in a bowl. Knead a firm dough. Roll it into a thin layer, cut into small squares. To prevent the dough from swelling, pierce it in several places with a toothpick. Transfer the cookies to a baking sheet and bake in the hot oven for 30 minutes.
Potato biscuits are prepared as follows. Mix one glass of sour cream with 50 g of vegetable oil, add 2 eggs, half a teaspoon of slaked soda. Beat everything into a homogeneous mass, add a pound of potato flour and 300 g of wheat. Knead the dough and refrigerate for 1-2 hours. Then roll out, cut out the biscuits and bake in the oven.
Orange biscuits have an interesting taste. Knead in a dough of 300 g flour, 2 eggs, 150 g sugar, 150 g butter and chopped peel of one orange, boiled in sugar syrup. Then cut bread out of it and brown in the oven.
It should be noted that such cookies are stored much less. If simple biscuits do not lose their properties for several years, with the addition of fatty ingredients such as sour cream, margarine, butter, they must be eaten within six months.
The biscuit oven must be preheated to 130-150 ° C. At higher temperatures, there is a risk of overexposing the bread, which will greatly affect their taste.
French biscuits
In French cuisine, biscuits also refer to pancakes made from different varieties of flour, eggs, milk and salt. They are often wrapped in sausages, fish, meat, vegetables and served as the main course.
For example, the French often prepare biscuits with scrambled eggs for breakfast. You, too, can pamper yourself and your family with this dish. Make pancake biscuits first. Take a third of a glass of flour, 1/4 tsp. sea salt, 2 tsp. sugar, egg white, about half a glass of milk and the same amount of mineral water. In a bowl, combine dry ingredients and gradually add milk, mineral water and protein. Whisk everything with a whisk or fork until smooth. You should get a lump-free batter. Prepare pancakes from it in a pan with butter or vegetable oil. For the filling, fry the fried eggs separately and to taste - ham, bacon, sausages, vegetables. Then brush the hot pancake with cream cheese, put the egg and other ingredients on it. Bend the biscuits around the edges, keeping the filling open. Serve with mustard.
