How to Make Leetonia Biscuits

Natives of Leetonia simply love their cookies. They can be easily baked at home and are also available in markets everywhere. However, if you are not a resident of Leetonia, you will not find these biscuits easily. They can always be prepared at home though.

Leetonia biscuits come in different flavours, but the traditional ones are sugar cookies and peanut butter cookies. Both taste delicious and you can eat them at anytime in the day with tea or coffee.

Preparation Time: 25-30 minutes for both
Baking Time: 10 minutes each
Serving Size: 12 persons
Utensils: Bowls, Kitchen paper towel, Oven, Baking tray, Electric mixer, Cooling rack, Pastry brush, Rolling pin, Plastic wrap

Ingredients:

Sugar Cookies

- 2 cups butter, unsalted and at room temperature
- 1 cup caster sugar
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 3 cups white flour, plus some extra for dusting
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. Salt
- 1/2 cup milk (any level of fat content you have available)
- Frosting or other decorative ingredients (optional)

Peanut Butter Cookies

- 1 and 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/4 tsp. baking soda
- 2 tbsp. of corn or canola oil
- 1/3 cup smooth peanut butter
- 1/2 stick of butter, softened
- 1/3 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract

Instructions

1

Preheat the oven

You will need to bake the cookies in the over, so make sure it is preheated at 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
2

Sugar Biscuits

Mix cream, butter and sugar

Beat the cream, sugar and butter together in a bowl, so that they form a smooth paste.
3

Add other ingredients

One by one, add all the other ingredients in the bowl and continue mixing them properly to get dough.
4

Shape the cookies

You can shape the biscuits in your desired form. There are different cutters available in the market, choose the ones you like.
5

Bake the biscuits

Bake the cookies for 10 minutes until they get brown.
6

Peanut Butter Cookies

Mix the ingredients

Just like the sugar cookies, you will have to mix together all the ingredients to get firm dough.
7

Shape the cookies and bake

The preparation is almost similar to the sugar cookies, so follow those steps closely and shape the biscuits. Once they are ready, bake them in the oven for 10 minutes and you will get your perfect Leetonia cookies.

Tips & Warnings
- Allow the cookies to cool before eating them. - Image Courtesy: recipes.howstuffworks.com