But beaten biscuits didn't go away; in fact, they flourished when the biscuit brake was invented. This was a machine that let ...

The machine is in all likelihood a beaten biscuit maker, which was a type of dense baked good popular in the American south. Making them called for a long and labor-intensive process of pounding ...

For this recipe you will need an 8–10cm/3¼–4in star biscuit cutter, a 3cm/1¼in small round cutter and a piping bag. Beat together the softened butter and icing sugar in a bowl until pale and ...