Friday, February 01, 2008

Favorite Ingredients Friday for February 1


For Favorite Ingredients Friday today, I would like to share a favorite biscuit recipe of mine. These are the best baking powder biscuits around, in my humble opinion. Yesterday I made a batch of them and cut them in heart shapes to give to my parents with a jam/jelly assortment for their wedding anniversary.

EGG BISCUITS

3 c. flour
4 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 Tblsp. sugar
3/4 tsp. salt
3/4 tsp. cream of tartar
3/4 c. cold butter or margarine
3/4 c. milk
1 egg, lightly beaten

Preheat oven to 400ยบ. Into a large bowl, sift the flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, and cream of tartar. With a pastry blender, cut in the butter or margarine until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. In a small bowl, beat together the milk and egg. Add to flour mixtures and stir until flour is moistened.

Turn the dough out on a lightly floured surface. Knead dough once or twice and roll out to a 1/2-inch thickness. Cut out biscuits using a 2 -1/2-inch biscuit cutter (or whatever size you have). Place the biscuits on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until golden. Serve hot. Yield: 18 biscuits.

These unusual biscuits are absolutely wonderful! They are good with butter and jam (or just jam -- there’s plenty of butter already in them!) and they make especially good strawberry shortcake biscuits. The recipe is from an old cookbook published by Current®, Inc.

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5 comments:

  1. These sounds wonderful and I love the strawberry shortcake idea with them. Thanks so much!

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  2. Sounds great - can't wait to try them!

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  3. I've never been gifted in the biscuit department. Maybe I'll try this version? Thanks for the recipe!

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  4. Anonymous7:47 AM

    Mrs. T,

    I am anxious to try this recipe with fresh strawberries and homemade whipped cream. Yum!

    Thanks.

    Sharon from Phoenix

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  5. Hi ladies,

    Thanks so much for stopping by my kitchen table! Hope you do try these biscuits and that you and your families will enjoy them. Magi, I think this recipe may be just what you need for biscuit giftedness.

    Have a good week, all!
    Mrs.T

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