Our best biscuit recipes

April 25th is, of course, ANZAC Day. Embrace tradition with the kids and whip up a batch of classic cookies in remembrance.

Perfect biscuits of gingernut baked to perfection. Watch them go at afternoon tea!

These biscuits are ‘the best ever’ for a good reason. Photography by Jani Shepherd.

Nici Wickes shares her mum’s winning recipe for classic Afghan biscuits. Add a liberal dollop of chocolate icing and top each with half a walnut for a true taste of New Zealand

This easy date, nut and oat biscuit recipe is a delicious tin-filler. Perfect with a cup of tea or glass of milk, these biscuits are also diabetes-friendly

Nici Wickes shares a friend’s recipe for peccadilloes biscuits dating all the way back to 1963! Now that’s a tried and tested recipe

Karla Goodwin from Bluebells Cakery takes the classic all-American flavour combination of cookies and cream as inspiration for these tasty tin fillers

These chewy, lemony biscuits are a fantastic treat on their own with a cup of tea. Sandwiching them together with mascarpone icing is just plain naughty, but is simply divine

There’s something about chocolate that most of us find hard to resist… Oh! Chocolate!

The addition of pecans to these brown sugar biscuits adds a sophisticated flavour and texture. They’re dead easy to make; the kids could do it with minimal supervision.

Enjoy these sweet little cranberry and coconut treats with a cup of tea or coffee and good conversation.

A lovely light, slightly chewy biscuit studded with dark and white chocolate, and buttery macadamia nuts – just heavenly!

Indulge in these honey and lemon biscuits, sweet and satisfying! Perfect for morning or afternoon tea with a cuppa!

Give your shortbread biscuits a twist by adding orange zest and dipping in dark chocolate. A sweet treat for afternoon tea that family and friends will love.

The whole family will love these cranberry and oat cookies, fresh from the oven.

MAKES 24 Spray a little oil onto the oven trays before lining them with paper, to make sure the paper doesn’t slip. Note