Five-ingredient biscuit recipes

Make these moreish shortbread biscuits using just three ingredients. They're wonderfully crumbly and go perfectly with a cup of tea for a mid-morning treat

Rustle up these cute chocolate-Oreo reindeers for a treat over the magical Christmas period. They're perfect as a gift or for a bake sale too

Fill up your biscuit tin with these easy treats which take their name from the fork indent added before baking. Dip them in chocolate, if you like, for added indulgence

Make a treat that the whole family will enjoy with these jammy biscuits

Rustle up these Italian-inspired almond biscuits. Gift to family and friends at Christmas, or make a batch for your own biscuit tin as a treat

Are you invited to a festive event? Fill a hamper with homemade goodies to thank your host, including these moreish shortbread biscuits with a twist

This simple recipe for a basic biscuit dough can be adapted to suit your tastes – experiment with different shapes and flavours, from lemon fingers to chocolate cookies

Mark Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, with these cookies. The icing reflects the art of rangoli – geometric designs thought to invite luck and prosperity

What's in a name? Pop these in the oven, forget about them overnight, and you'll have crumbly cookies in the morning

Bake a batch of these easy cookies with just five ingredients – or fewer. A perfect partner to a cup of tea, you can whip them up in no time

Good Food reader Danielle Brown shares her grandmother's recipe for savoury Kaak biscuits, traditionally eaten during the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah

With just three ingredients, these simple peanut butter cookies will delight kids and grown-ups alike – and they're gluten-free, too

The simplest biscuits you and the kids will ever bake. We’ve stamped clean toys into these to decorate them – try your own favourite patterns

Make these sweet iced letters and numbers with your kids during school holidays. They'll have fun making them and then devour them once ready

These delicate snow-dusted Mexican cookies are rich, crumbly and melt in the mouth

You're only five ingredients away from a double chocolate melt-in-your-mouth delight

These thin and delicate nutty biscuits are delicious served with ice cream or creamy desserts or presented in a gift hamper

Great for keeping the biscuit tin topped up over Christmas, these sweet shortbread thins make a perfect treat

Coeliac sufferers need not miss out on sweet treats with this gluten-free melt-in-the-mouth shortbread recipe

Use this dough as the base for biscuits, to eat yourself, or to make as a Christmas gift

This zesty shortbread from BBC Good Food reader Jo Foster has a beautiful crumbly texture and zingy lemon flavour. Add ginger for an extra kick if you like

A delicious macaroon with the tropical taste of fresh coconut

Bake these classic shortbread biscuits to wow a crowd. You only need four ingredients, but you can mix it up with lemon or orange zest, or try adding chopped pistachios