When the 3pm slump rolls around, there’s nothing that can deliver that sweet hit quite like the afternoon biscuit.
If you’re hankering for the classics, choc-chip cookies dunked in a cup of tea will do; or perhaps spiced brown sugar biscuits or a ginger oat variety. For those who lean more savoury, we’ve got cheddar crackers that serve as the tasty vessel for homemade dips or cheeses, Southern-style biscuits accompanied by sawmill gravy and even chestnut biscuits topped with chicken liver parfait.
There are biscuits for every occasion — Christmas, Easter, ANZAC Day included.
These are our favourite biscuit recipes to add to your baking roster.
Our best sweet-tooth-approved biscuit recipes
After-dinner mint biscuits
Ginger biscuit ice-cream sandwiches with whisky caramel
Salted peanut and sesame biscuits
Dulce de leche marshmallow biscuits
Matcha crackle cookies
Mandarin-glazed cookies
Lemon-glazed biscuits
Lime and vanilla melting moments with passionfruit curd
Powdered sugar biscuits
Spiced ginger oat biscuits for dunking
Spiced brown sugar biscuits
Iced almond biscuits
Our top savoury biscuit recipes
Spiced cheese biscuits
Fennel, cheese and chilli biscuits
Moon Under Water’s cheese biscuits
Triple-cream cheese with olive oil, chestnut and rosemary biscuits
French onion dip with cheddar biscuits
Southern-style biscuits with sawmill gravy
Cauliflower piccalilli with ham and buttermilk biscuits
Occasion-based biscuit recipes
Cuddura Cull’ova (Sicilian Easter biscuits)
AP Bakery’s buckwheat ginger biscuits for Christmas
Anzac biscuits with salted rosemary
Speculaas (spiced Christmas cookies)
Philippa Sibley: Christmas biscuits
FAQs
What is the simplest biscuit recipe to make?
Biscuits are the gateway to more extravagant desserts, and nailing the basics is simple. For those at the beginning of their baking journey, start with explainers on how to make biscuits and simple recipes like our classic ANZAC biscuits before moving on to more complicated biscuit recipes that require more time and preparation (say, our lime and vanilla melting moments filled with passionfruit curd as an example). Wherever you’re at, you’re bound to find a biscuit recipe to suit in our list.
What is the secret to good biscuits?
The general consensus about making good biscuits is to handle the dough as little as possible and use a cold, solid fat (whether that’s butter, oil or lard). This way, when the biscuits hit the oven, the cold fat can evaporate and create enough steam to help your biscuits rise.
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