Vanilla Biscuits (Cookies)

"These are the BEST cookies you will ever eat, this is actually a secret recipe that my Granny refused to give up, but after me complaining that it wasn't fair that we only ever got them when we ome home to New Zealand, which isn't ery often, she gave it up, YEY!!! I have it now and I am going to share it"
 
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photo by Perfect Pixie photo by Perfect Pixie
Ready In:
25mins
Ingredients:
7
Serves:
12
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ingredients

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directions

  • cream butter, sugar and essence.
  • add egg.
  • then add dry ingredients.
  • roll into balls.
  • place on cold greased trays.
  • press down with a fork.
  • bake 15-20 minutes at 190 degrees.
  • or 12-15 minutes for me because I have and aga.

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Reviews

  1. I'm eating one as I write the review, I like others altered the sugar to just 3/4 Cup I didn't put any fruit in I put 50g of sliced almonds and changed the vanilla essence to vanilla paste YUMMO
     
  2. I couldn't believe it when I put Vanilla Biscuits in the search bar and the very recipe I was<br/>looking for appeared. I'm another Kiwi overseas and wanted something<br/>simple and tasty to bake before the girls came round for<br/>coffee. My Mum used to make these all the time.<br/>After<br/>Reading the other reviews I reduced the sugar, only slightly to 2/3 of a<br/>cup. (I use a tea cup, not a coffee mug for measuring and recipes always work pretty well.)<br/>Anyway, they were exactly as I remembered them, crispy on the edges, a bit chewy in the centre, especially when they were warm. Yum! <br/>Thanks for posting this old favourite! ;)
     
  3. Also a Kiwi overseas, I remember these biscuits fondly and found this recipe after a short search. The only substitution I made was raisins for the sultanas (golden raisins - US). They came out fairly well but way too sweet for my liking. I would reduce the sugar to 3/4 cup next time. I also found that they started to colour around the edges quickly as well which was probably due to the high sugar content. They do have a good texture and flavour though. I think Granny might have had a bit of a sweet tooth (if any!). And Beautiful B.C. - some might take offense at your reference to "Oz". Aussies we ain't!
     
  4. My, My, My! Granny sure knows her cookies! This recipe was amazing! My cookies were crispy, tasty and looked exactly like the picture posted by galaxydreaming. Will be making again!
     
  5. My family LOVES these cookies, I am a kiwi and kudos to the Kiwi Grandma for sharing. I don't know what it is about these biscuits but both my partner and I agree that they remind us of our childhood, I don't know who used to bake them then but this recipe is a keeper. Thanks heaps!
     
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Tweaks

  1. These are wonderful cookie\biscuit. I don't know what to call them, but a great snack. I substituted dried cranberries for the sultanas and they turned out beautiful. Nice buttery flavor and great texture. I'll make these again and double the recipe next time ;) Thanks for this recipe (made for ZWT3) ~V
     

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I lived in new zealand for 8 years of my life, now england for the past 8 years. I go to boarding school on the east coast of england. I have friends from all over the world, my best friend is canadian and also lived in france, so her mum and her for that fact, are mean chefs, boy do i like going to her house. I recently found out I am intollerant to wheat so have found it difficult to give up such easy foods to find and now have to search harder. I also have 2 leaks in my heart, one on a valve going in and one on a valve going out. A top carteoligist from London told me as long as I don't get pregnant for a while (I should hope not, I'm only 15) or eat fatty foods, my heart would do allright. He said he didn't want to operate on me yet, beacause there is a operation coming in the next 10 years which is lazer, so he wants me to wait, but he said I was fit and healthy and had no need to worry, yet....... when i was younger i dreamed of being a choreographer or a marine biolagist, then i wanted to work for vouge magazine, then get married and move to barbados and raise a family where the only thing that passes anyones lips will be home grown or hand made, a bit ambitious i know, hehe. But now my dream is to be a laywer and help others that really need it, and hopefully move back to my roots and bring up a family there For lent i have given up refined sugars and it is so hard and i am only 3 days into it, i was starving at school, opened my tuk box only to find marshmallows and smarties and a box of cereal, i think cereal is about to become my best friend over the next 6 weeks. LOL EDITED 30TH AUGUST; Last night at 3:30am, my best friend lost her battle to cancer and it has made me realise how important it is to live life to the full and take every opportunity thrown at us. She was a special girl and only 15 - wherever she is now though, she is out of her suffering. I have no doubt that she went straight to heaven. Lord rest your soul. i also have a lot of favourite sayings, here are some of them "shoot for the moon, even if you don't make it, you'll land amoung the stars" "I'm on a seafood diet, see food and eat it" "smiling is infectious, you catch it like the flu, when someone smiled at me today, i started smiling too, i passed around the corner and someone saw me grin, when he smiled i realised, i'd passed it on to him. I thought about that smile, then i realised it's worth, a single smile just like mine could pass around the earth. So if you feel a smile begin, don't leave undetected. Lets start an epedemic quick, and get the world infected!!!"
 
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