GBBO Season 13 Biscuit Week-Inspired Recipes

1Checkerboard CookiesPHOTO: ERIK BERNSTEIN; FOOD STYLING: MAKINZE GORE

Prue didn’t just want a simple checkerboard for this week’s Signature, but if you’ve never made this type of slice-and-bake biscuit, this simple pattern is a great place to start. Once you’ve got this down, thenyou can graduate to sailboats, the Hagia Sophia mosque, cats, Noel’s face, and more.

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2Shortbread CookiesPHOTO: LINDA PUGLIESE; FOOD STYLING: MAKINZE GORE

Shortbread cookies are one of the most popular biscuits on Bake Off because they’re extremely versatile: you can make them in different flavors or shapes, and decorate them in a variety of ways. You could even take a risk and use it to build an entire showstopper instead of everyone’s go-to, gingerbread.

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3French Macarons a stack of green, yellow, and pink macarons with a bite taken out of the pink one PHOTO: ERIK BERNSTEIN; FOOD STYLING: ADRIENNE ANDERSON

Macarons can seem intimidating, but once you’ve got the basic recipe down, you can have fun with your colors and fillings, turning them into tomatoes or flowers like Nadia and Lesley did to fill their showstoppers.

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4Chocolate Shortbread chocolate shortbread cookies shaped like diamonds with a chocolate drizzle PHOTO: LUCY SCHAEFFER PHOTOGRAPHY; FOOD STYLING: MAKINZE GORE

You could make a gingerbread showstopper like everyone else, OR you could stand out with this chocolate shortbread. C’mon, you know you want to take the risk!

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5Lemon CurdPHOTO: ERIK BERNSTEIN; FOOD STYLING: TAYLOR ANN SPENCER

Great biscuits need great fillings, and lemon curd is a classic. Tom filled some of his Showstopper’s mementos with it, and got a Hollywood Handshake, after all!

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6Cookie Cereal mini chocolate chip cookie pieces PHOTO: BRYAN GARDNER; FOOD STYLING: MAKINZE GORE

This week, bakers were tasked with filling biscuit time capsules with mementos. I’ve been thinking quite a lot lately about the simple bliss of being a kid with a big bowl of cereal and a block of Saturday morning cartoons to look forward to. This homemade take on Cookie Crisp would be just the thing to fill my showstopper with.

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7Lace Cookies golden lace cookie drizzled with chocolate PHOTO: RACHEL VANNI; FOOD STYLING: DUNCAN FITZPATRICK

The great thing about lace cookies is that they look and taste impressive, but don’t need any extra bells and whistles like food coloring or fillings. When your planned Biscuit Week bakes aren’t going your way, these would make for a great backup plan.

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8Millionaire Shortbread Millionaire Shortbread- Delish.com Parker Feierbach

I’d never heard of a chocolate hobnob before this week, but apparently they’re quite tricky to make, as evidenced by the highs and lows of this week’s Technical Challenge. Do yourself a favor and make millionaire’s shortbread instead. It’s got a lot of the same flavors, but without all that impossible feathering.

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9Royal Icing royal icing piped onto cookies with stars and christmas tree shapes PHOTO: ROCKY LUTEN; FOOD STYLING: MAKINZE GORE

Without decoration, a cookie can look like, well…let’s just say Aaron’s scroll this week looked a little bit more like something NSFN (not safe for Netflix). Make sure you’ve got a good royal icing recipe ready to go, and you can turn even simple round biscuits into something incredible, like Jasmine’s cookie mementos.

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10Caramel how to make caramel — delishcom Parker Feierbach

When it comes to a Technical Challenge, there’s really no room for error, so making sure you’re confident in the basics, like caramel or frosting, is important. The caramel layer in this week’s Chocolate Hobnobs tripped up a number of bakers, so to make sure that’s not me, I’m practicing with Delish’s foolproof recipe.

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11Stained Glass Cookies sugar cookies with cutouts filled with melted jolly ranchers to look like stained glass ERIK BERNSTEIN

If you were as impressed with the stained glass windows on Jessika’s showstopper as I was, you’re going to love this easy shortcut. Instead of isomalt, these use Jolly Ranchers!

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12Homemade Strawberry Jam strawberry jam sbs PHOTO: BRYAN GARDNER; FOOD STYLING: BROOKE CAISON

Homemade jam is SO easy to make, and it’s a great way to make your bakes unique. This strawberry one is on the simple side, but the instructions should work for nearly any fruit or flavorings, so have fun with it!

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13Lemon Shortbread lemon shortbread cookies PHOTO: ERIK BERNSTEIN; FOOD STYLING: RILEY WOFFORD

Though his Showstopper was “just a box”, Iain’s turntable was full of a number of tasty sounding bakes, like his lemon pistachio shortbread cookies as a memento of Sicily. Prue loved them!

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14Icebox CookiesEmily Hlavac Green

Is it just me, or did watching this week’s episode make you DESPERATELY want a cookie too? Luckily, I’ve got a batch of icebox cookies ready in the freezer, meaning I can bake one (or two or three, let’s be honest) in no time to sate my craving.

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