# Refrigerator Biscuits

- Link: https://stayathomemum.com.au/recipes/baking/refrigerator-biscuits/
- Published: 2012-07-23T05:54:39+10:00
- Author: Clare Whitfield

The dough for these **Refrigerator Biscuits** will last in the fridge (tightly wrapped
in plastic wrap of course) for up to two weeks!

The dough also freezes very well so you can always have fresh biscuits for the time
it takes to heat up the oven.

![Chocolate chip refrigerator biscuits with red ribbon for baking or gifting](https://
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jpg?resize=500%2C483&quality=89&ssl=1 "Chocolate Chip Refrigerator Biscuits with
Red Ribbon")

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## Refrigerator Biscuits

 Recipe by Stay at Home Mum

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 Course: Biscuits/Slices, Recipes

Servings

 Adjust servings

+

–

4

servings

Prep time

30

minutes

Cooking time

40

minutes

Calories

300

kcal

Total time

1

hour 

10

minutes

  Cook Mode

### Ingredients

 * 190 grams Butter
 * 1 cup Brown sugar
 * 2.5 grams Plain flour
 * 1 Egg
 * 0.5 tsp Baking powder
 * 1 tsp Vanilla extract
 *  Pinch salt

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### Directions

 * Cream the butter and sugar together until pale and fluffy.
 * Add the egg and the vanilla extract and mix well.
 * Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt.
 * Stir carefully into the creamed mixture.
 * Double wrap in plastic wrap, write the date on the outside and refrigerate for
   up to two weeks or freeze.
 * **To make the biscuits:**
 * Roll teaspoons of dough into a ball.
 * Flatten slightly on a tray with a fork.
 * Bake at 180 degrees for 8 – 10 minutes or until golden.
 * **Coloured Sugar**
 * In a small bowl mix raw sugar with a little food colouring until combined.
 * Sprinkle the biscuits with the coloured sugar and bake as normal.
 * **Lemon**
 * Add a desert spoon of grated lemon zest to the biscuit mixture.
 * **Chocolate Chip**
 * Add 1/2 cup small chocolate drops to the mixture and bake as normal.

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 Clare Whitfield is the Editor of Stay at Home Mum and a recognised voice in practical
home management for Australian families. Based in the northern suburbs of Sydney,
she balances editorial leadership with life as a stay at home mum to two school 
age children. Her background in home economics and more than a decade of experience
in recipe development, family budgeting, and household systems inform her work.

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## Comments

### By: Brooke Locker

- Link: https://stayathomemum.com.au/recipes/baking/refrigerator-biscuits/#comment-91801
- Published: 2014-04-13T17:12:00+10:00

I’m only a novice cook, however, is it supposed to be white sugar and not brown 
sugar??? I’ve gone ahead and baked these as per directions with 1 cup brown sugar
and they look nothing like the cookies in the picture, they taste funny and took
a lot longer than 10 minutes to cook.

### By: Stay at Home Mum

- Link: https://stayathomemum.com.au/recipes/baking/refrigerator-biscuits/#comment-91807
- Published: 2014-04-13T18:47:00+10:00

Hi Brooke!

Recipe is correct. 🙂 Don’t squash too much. Also, you must cream the butter & sugar..

If you Squash too much when rolling into balls then only just flatten with fingers
or fork. Hope this helps. 🙂