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Published: Jul 4, 2013 · Modified: Jan 9, 2021 by Sandhya Ramakrishnan · This post may contain affiliate links

Butter Biscuits | Tea Kadai Style Plain Butter Cookies

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I have been making these Butter Biscuits for few years now following my aunt’s recipe and it is a fail proof one. These cookies require very few ingredients and it can be made very quickly.Traditionally these biscuits have the tiny pin point marks on them, which I made using fork. 

Butter Biscuits serve with tea

For the second day under the theme Tea Kadai Menu, I chose to make Butter Biscuits. Every South Indian would have tasted this biscuit at least once in their lifetime or if you are like me, you would have grown up eating these biscuits.

There are several brand names that came up with these cookies, but nothing could come close to the taste, flavor and texture that these road side biscuits have.

Even to this day, when I go back to India, I make sure I get a huge package of this and I cherish every bite of it.

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The place where I buy it, still carry this in a transparent glass jar and he gives it wrapped in newspaper.The recipe that I am sharing it today is from my Lakshmi Attai (aunt). She is great cook and I follow lot of her cooking style in my day to day life.

I have been making these cookies for a few years now following my aunt’s recipe and it is a fail-proof one. These cookies require very few ingredients and it can be made very quickly.

Traditionally these biscuits have the tiny pin point marks on them, which I made using fork. This mark defines it as the Butter Biscuit.

Butter Biscuits serve in a plate

Preparation time – 10 mins
Cooking time – about 20 mins per batch
Difficulty level – easy

Ingredients to make Butter Biscuits – (makes around 40 medium cookies)

  • All Purpose flour – 2 cups
  • Rice flour – ½ cup
  • Butter – ½ lb (2 sticks)
  • Sugar – 1 ¼ cup
  • Baking powder – ¼ tsp
  • Salt – ½ tsp

Procedure –

  • Let the butter come to room temperature. Then beat the butter with the sugar until nice and creamy.
  • Meanwhile sift the flours together along with salt and baking powder.
  • Add the flour mixture slowly to the butter and mix well. Let the dough come together.
Mixing butter with stand mixer
  • Gather the dough and knead for a minute. Bring it all together and make a ball.
Rolling dough flat
  • Slightly flatten the dough and then wrap it in plastic wrap and refrigerate it for few minutes. Refrigerating the dough helps to harden it a little bit and makes rolling easy.
Dough covered in plastic wrap
  • Preheat the oven to 325 F.
  • Bring the dough out of the refrigerator and then roll it to about ½ inch thick. I layer the dough with plastic wrap and then roll it just so that there are no marks on the surface and the top is smooth.
Rolling dough more flat
  • Now using a round cutter or anything you have in hand (I used a small steel box), cut out circles.
  • Using a spatula slowly lay the cookie on to parchment lined baking trays.
Cutting in circle shape
  • Using a fork, make the traditional butter biscuit holes.
Making holes in cookie dough
  • Bake for about 16 – 18 mins or until the edges turn brown.
Cookies bakes and turned golden
  • Slowly transfer the cookies to cooling rack and once completely cooled, store them in air tight container.
  • Enjoy the butter biscuits as is or dunked in coffee or tea!
Butter Biscuits served with milk tea

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Butter Biscuits in a plate

Butter Biscuits

I have been making these Butter Biscuits for few years now following my aunt’s recipe and it is a fail proof one. These cookies require very few ingredients and it can be made very quickly.Traditionally these biscuits have the tiny pin point marks on them, which I made using fork. 
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Course: Dessert, sweets
Cuisine: Indian
Diet: Vegetarian
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 28 minutes
Servings: 40
Calories: 95kcal
Author: Sandhya Ramakrishnan

Ingredients

  • 2 cups All-Purpose flour
  • ½ cup Rice flour
  • ½ lb Butter 2 sticks
  • 1 ¼ cup Sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon Baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon Salt

Instructions

  • Let the butter come to room temperature. Then beat the butter with the sugar until nice and creamy.
  • Meanwhile, sift the flours together along with salt and baking powder.
  • Add the flour mixture slowly to the butter and mix well. Let the dough come together.
  • Gather the dough and knead for a minute. Bring it all together and make a ball.
  • Slightly flatten the dough and then wrap it in plastic wrap and refrigerate it for a few minutes. Refrigerating the dough helps to harden it a little bit and makes rolling easy.
  • Preheat the oven to 325 F.
  • Bring the dough out of the refrigerator and then roll it to about ½ inch thick. I layer the dough with plastic wrap and then roll it just so that there are no marks on the surface and the top is smooth.
  • Now using a round cutter or anything you have in hand (I used a small steel box), cut out circles.
  • Using a spatula slowly lay the cookie on to parchment-lined baking trays.
  • Using a fork, make the traditional butter biscuit holes.
  • Bake for about 16 – 18 mins or until the edges turn brown.
  • Slowly transfer the cookies to the cooling rack and once completely cooled, store them in an airtight container.
  • Enjoy the butter biscuits as is or dunked in coffee or tea!

Nutrition

Calories: 95kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 12mg | Sodium: 73mg | Potassium: 10mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 142IU | Calcium: 4mg | Iron: 1mg
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  1. Pavani N says

    July 08, 2013 at 1:35 am

    So buttery and delicioua cookies. Addition of rice flour is interesting. Bookmarked to try soon.

    Reply
  2. Chef Mireille says

    July 06, 2013 at 6:00 pm

    a classic that never disappoints

    Reply
  3. Joanne T Ferguson says

    July 05, 2013 at 4:29 am

    G'day! These look delightful, true!
    Wish I could come through the screen and taste one with a cup of tea now too!
    Cheers! Joanne

    Reply
  4. Padmajha PJ says

    July 05, 2013 at 4:42 am

    Never knew about rice flour being added to these cookies.Bookmarked this one.We love this too and its a long time since I had this.You have baked it perfectly Sandhya 🙂

    Reply
  5. SJs Food Court says

    July 05, 2013 at 2:52 am

    Yummy!!! Very nice it looks...

    Reply
  6. Arthy shama says

    July 04, 2013 at 3:47 pm

    My hubby really luves this kind of biscuits, thanks for updating, biscuits looks soo delecious and dates back to my childhood memories!

    Reply
  7. Uma says

    July 04, 2013 at 7:49 pm

    Recipe looks so perfect. How much is one stick of butter in grams? We don't get in sticks here. Uma

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    • shasan18 says

      July 04, 2013 at 8:24 pm

      Hi Uma, Thanks. I have mentioned 1/2 lb which would be around 225 gms.

      cheers

      Reply
  8. Priya Suresh says

    July 04, 2013 at 4:40 pm

    I dont add rice flour, even i chosed butter biscuits too for this theme, yours sounds quite different and super munchy.

    Reply
  9. Srivalli says

    July 04, 2013 at 4:38 pm

    Superb Sandhya!..love the perfect setup, you are doing such an awesome job!..the biscuits look very tempting..

    Reply
  10. Ramya Krishnamurthy says

    July 04, 2013 at 11:09 am

    crispy and lovely biscuits

    Reply
  11. Sapana Behl says

    July 04, 2013 at 4:05 pm

    Wow ! I can have all with tea!

    Reply
  12. Gayathri Kumar says

    July 04, 2013 at 2:28 pm

    Perfect tea kadai biscuits Sandhya. I didn't know about rice flour in these biscuits...

    Reply
  13. Corporate to Kitchen says

    July 04, 2013 at 10:35 am

    Seriously looks yumm. I love the texture & perfect color on them.

    Reply
  14. Akila says

    July 04, 2013 at 10:16 am

    Wow sandhya... You have baked it perfectly...

    Reply

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