Nanny's Newfoundland Tea Biscuits

My nanny used to make these tea biscuits all the time. One of my favorite memories of visiting Newfoundland is standing at the kitchen table as she made these and gave us a little bit of the raw dough to taste. They’re light and delicious! Serve hot with butter and jam.

Prep Time:

20 mins

Cook Time:

10 mins

Total Time:

30 mins

Yield:

2 dozen

Servings:

Ingredients

4 cups all-purpose flour
5 teaspoons baking powder
½ cup raisins
1 cup milk
3 eggs
½ cup butter, softened
½ cup white sugar
1 pinch salt

Directions

Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 2 baking sheets.

Step 2
Whisk flour and baking powder together in a bowl; stir in raisins. Whisk milk and eggs together in a bowl.

Step 3
Beat butter, sugar, and salt together in a bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, about 1 minute. Beat egg mixture into butter mixture; stir in flour mixture until dough is just mixed.

Step 4
Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and pat or roll out about 1-inch thick. Cut dough with a biscuit cutter or juice glass; place biscuits onto the prepared baking sheets.

Step 5
Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 10 minutes.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

149

Calories

Fat

23g

Carbs

Protein

Nutrition Facts
Servings Per Recipe 24
Calories 149
% Daily Value *
Total Fat5g	6%
Saturated Fat3g	14%
Cholesterol34mg	11%
Sodium143mg	6%
Total Carbohydrate23g	8%
Dietary Fiber1g	3%
Total Sugars7g
Protein3g
Vitamin C0mg	1%
Calcium77mg	6%
Iron1mg	7%
Potassium70mg	1%

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-) Information is not currently available for this nutrient.If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.

source by allrecipe

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- by: Deb C
- 10 years ago
These are a lovely little biscuit and would be perfect along side a cup of tea. The raisins add just the right amount of sweetness. I served them warm with a little butter. I made only a portion of the recipe, but I?ll be them again soon.
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- by: Char
- 10 years ago
Good recipe. Sugar needs to be doubled. Brush with milk to get a golden brown top.
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- by: Pat
- 9 years ago
Best that I have made so far. They would be great for strawberry shortcake and I made cinnamon rolls they were perfect. Thank you.
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- by: Maya Marcu
- 8 years ago
This turned out delicious! It was really inconvinient to use 3 bowls though
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- by: Karen Monahan
- 8 years ago
The dough came out really wet so I had to knead in quite a bit of additional flour. I used a small glass but only got 14, so I need to find a smaller glass! Mine took 20 minutes, I’m sure because they were bigger and also my oven is wonky, so next time I would try 375 or 400. I doubled the raisins, added 2 tsp of Vanilla extract and brushed the tops with an egg wash and sprinkled a little sugar on top. Flavor wise, these are delicious and I’m sure with the adjustments mentioned, these were work out perfect in the future.
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- by: Ann Bray
- 7 years ago
Loved them and they are delicious the next day as well. They don’t dry out. The next time I will reduce the sugar by 1/2. I also like that there is no lard!! Nothing like great homebaked goods from the east coast
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- by: Adrienne Dawn
- 6 years ago
Very similar to my Nan’s tea biscuits she’s from Newfoundland as well. A tasty recipe that I will be making again!
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- by: Tesscan1
- 6 years ago
Followed all directions
They turned out perfect
Just like my mother used to make us when we were young !
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- by: Christina
- 5 years ago
Kids loved them – tasty & simple will make again
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- by: Jennifer Whorley
- 5 years ago
These are great! Just like I remember them as a kid. Easy to make even easier to eat.
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- by: Melenie Holt
- 5 years ago
Delicious! Made as-is except used dried currants instead of raisins. Dough is soft, but manageable. Came out light and fluffy, with just a touch of sweetness and fruitiness.
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- by: Dorie
- 4 years ago
delicious tea biscuits. I only made a half recipe and I made a few changes:

I used a 1/3 cup sugar and a 1/2 cup raisins and 2 small eggs. otherwise I halved everything.

Ididn’t cremates the butter/sugar mixture. I mixed all dry together. whisked eggs with milk. Then I stirred the butter into the flour mix and finally added the wet to the dry and stirred just until mixed together.

I divided the dough into 12 portions and flattened the balls of dough into biscuit shoes on a greased cookie sheet.

baked at 350 degrees for about 12 minutes

Yummy!
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