White Chocolate & Macadamia Biscuits

I had a mad baking thing going on yesterday, not sure why, maybe the full moon, maybe a comfort thing when I'm stressed...maybe I just felt like some fresh biscuits!!!! A long long time ago, when I was first married, my mother-in-law, who was a brilliant cook, sat me down and helped me with some basic recipes. She used to make the yummiest jam drops that Moth loved and of course being the eager young wife that I am was I wanted to make him some too. 

Over the years I had a love hate relationship with my mother in law, she passed away a few years ago and I have often wished I had asked her things, everything from why did you hate me so much to how much flour did you put in that potato pizza base...ah but not to be. I have over the years used her basic biscuit recipe for EVERYTHING...I've hidden all sorts of stuff in there that the kids wouldn't eat! When the boys were little I discovered the mathematical equation that allowed me to put just the right amount of sultanas v's choc chips in so that they could still be called choc chip biscuits! 

I wasn't going to show this picture, but hey I have already said how much I have used this recipe, so all I need to add before showing this picture is that it will probably shame me into writing all my recipes out in a nice new book! Avert your eyes if you are a germ-a-phobe! 

Phew...there, I feel a sense of relief and an overwhelming obligation to re-write my recipes and blog it when I have done! But without dwelling too much on the spilt coffee, etc (well cause I really don't know what some of those stains are) I'll start by sharing the recipe and showing you a picture of the finished biscuits, no really, please don't scroll back up, I'm embarrassed! Look below...nice yummy biscuits.....mmmm

Madeline's Basic Biscuit Recipe

125 gm butter chopped

1 egg

1/2 cup of caster sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla essence

1 1/3 cups of SR flour

Cream butter and sugar, add egg and vanilla and mix until combined. Stir in sifted flour (sorry Madeline, I have never sifted the flour and they taste OK, but sift if you need to) and shape into teaspoon sized balls on a lined baking tray. Indent each one and add a little jam if you are doing jam drops. Bake in a  moderate oven for about 12 minutes or until browned. 

As I said I have added heaps of things to this mix over the years.... sultana's, choc chips, raisins, craisins, ginger, cinnamon, etc. This batch had about 1/4 cup of chopped macadamias and the same of white choc chips. Make sure you leave some chunky bits of nut, cause there is nothing better than finding that in a biscuit...and wondering for that split second if you have chipped a tooth....laughs! Just kidding, they aren't meant to be that hard, although there was this one time......no Kyles stop! (Please don't leave, I promise to not post pictures of burnt offerings, although they were a stunning testament to my short attention span) I'll also admit I usually make a 4 x batch, cause if Moth and the boys are around they disappear as fast as they come out of the oven, so a 4 x mix means I have about a 1/4 of the biscuits left in the barrel!! Enjoy, I'm off to vacuum the floors and start writing out recipes....shame shame.