Crispy Homemade Biscuits – Czech Piškoty

Children’s favorite biscuits, and an essential component of sweet no bake desserts.

Course cookies

Cuisine Czech

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 15

Total Time 30

Servings small biscuits

Calories 22kcal

Lightly grease a baking tray with solid fat and place parchment paper on it.
Get 3 medium eggs and separate the yolks and egg whites. Put the egg whites into a clean bowl. Add a pinch of salt and a bit of granulated sugar. Start beating the egg whites with a mixer on low speed. Gradually increase speed and add all the ½ cup granulated sugar until you use all of it.
Reduce the speed to minimum and gradually add the egg yolks to the whipped whites, one at a time.
Fold in ¾ cup all-purpose flour mixed with 1 Tablespoon corn starch. Use your hands and a kitchen silicone spatula. Mix thoroughly; there shouldn’t be any lumps in the batter. The finished mixture is light and airy.
Preheat the oven to 380 °F – Piškoty need a higher temperature to be crispy enough.
Put the foamy batter into a piping bag with a round tip and pipe small mounds about 1.⅕ inches (3-4 cm) in diameter.
Dust the mounds with ⅓ cup powdered sugar using a sifter.
Insert the tray into the oven and bake the Piškoty for 10-15 minutes until they turn light golden.

Store finished piškoty in a box covered with a table napkin. The box doesn’t need to be sealed with a lid. Piškoty could moisten and lose their crispiness.
The basic recipe makes about 60 small Piškoty biscuits.