Monday, September 7, 2015

Nutella swirl yogurt biscuits


I love making biscuits with yogurt, whether they're sweet or salty. The texture obtained by making their dough with yogurt is crumbly and tender and crunchy at the same time and after a while of experimenting you learn to distinguish it from all other biscuits :). It's kind of unforgettable. Not to mention very easy to make, the perfect thing to scoop up when you have a free afternoon on a rainy day or too much left-over yogurt on a morning when you can't figure out what to have for breakfast :).
And what better addition to keeping their easy, comfort food, go-to feel than some generous tablespoons of Nutella swirled through the biscuit mass? The result was purely scone heaven. I mean, who doesn't love Nutella on biscuits? What could be better than that, especially next to a cup of tea? Oh, I know: Nutella in biscuits. :)
Recipe heavily adapted from Two peas and their pod.

Last year: Goat cheese and poppy seed dip.
Two years ago: Spicy bean and avocado tostadas (Mexican) (vegan).
Three years ago: Breakfast croissants with Gouda cheese crust.
Four years ago: Baby making and no cooking :).



Ingredients:
  • 280 g all-purpose flour
  • 2 and 1/2 teaspoons baking powder (7 g or one satchel)
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 85 g cold butter
  • 300 g plain yogurt (or 250 ml)
  • half a jar of Nutella
  • sea salt to sprinkle on the biscuits, optional

Preheat the oven to 200 degrees C.
Mix the flour with the baking powder, sugar and baking soda in a medium-large bowl. Cut the butter into cubes and add it:

Rub the butter in until the mixture resembled breadcrumbs. Add the yogurt.

Mix well with a spoon until all is even. Carefully add the Nutella, mixing it in only slightly so you can retain the swirl/marbled look. A few flicks of the wrist are enough. It's best to mix less than needed than to over-mix, as you can always mix a bit more if you want.

Place spoonfuls of the mixture on a baking paper lined sheet. Shape them like scones and keep at least 2 cm between them. Sprinkle some sea salt on top, if you want.

Put them in the oven and bake them for 12-15 minutes. Take out and allow to cool a bit.

It's done, dig in! :)

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