Sweet Cream Biscuits are this week's recipe for Tuesdays with Dorie, as chosen by Melissa of Love at First Bite.Although biscuits seem innocuous enough to make, I've often found them to be quite a challenge. It has actually taken me several years to get the hang of it. Pretty much, my problem was always, without fail, overworking and handling the dough too much. It always results in a 'hockey puck' type of biscuit that just really doesn't appeal.
Since I got my copy of Dorie's Baking book I have actually made these biscuits several times. I really love how they turn out, tender, flavorful and light with just a little sweetness. I love how easy they are with skipping out on the process of cutting the butter or some other type of fat into the flour mixture. It seemed a little sketchy at first to just mix in heavy cream, but after some thought, and the fact that heavy cream, when beat long enough turns into butter, really started to make a lot of sense.
Our favorite way to eat biscuits is just with some soft butter and homemade jam. Yum!
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Ooh, I'd love a biscuit recipe that doesn't turn out heavy and weird. I'm going to hunt for this one! :)
ReplyDeleteThey look fabulous.
ReplyDeleteYour biscuits look great!
ReplyDeletePerfect! I love the color and height you got. Great job!
ReplyDeleteLovely...did you brush an egg wash on top?
ReplyDeleteYum - those look perfect!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous biscuits! I think I must have overworked my dough, because mine were more like hockey pucks. ;)
ReplyDeleteThey look delicious! I loved this simple recipe :-)
ReplyDeletethey look perfect!
ReplyDeleteThese look like biscuits should look - high and flaky! I loved how easy these were.
ReplyDeleteMmm these look great! Biscuits are tricky little fellas to me!
ReplyDeletegreat rise on these - they're sky high!
ReplyDeletePerfect as always! These really were so simple to make...no excuse for not having fresh baked biscuits every morning. :)
ReplyDeletewow--you really do have biscuit-making down! they look so nice...way more height than mine. :)
ReplyDeleteThey look Ah-mazing! Oh and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHope you plan on some big celebrating fun!!!
Wow look at the height, those look perfect! I love the second picture especially!
ReplyDeleteAnd your biscuits really do look perfect!
ReplyDeleteI totally enjoyed these, too. It's also a hop away from my favorite scones recipe, so I played around with that!
I, too, love that there is no added butter/fat besides the cream--so easy.
Everyone's biscuits look so wonderful, including yours. Mine didn't turn out like I had imagined, but they were still tasty. Guess I'll have to try again. :)
ReplyDeleteI am not sure that biscuits can be gorgeous but if they can, yours surely are.
ReplyDeleteOur fav. way to eat them is with butter and jam too! Your biscuits look so fat and tasty!
ReplyDeleteThese were winners! I too loved how easy they are to make.
ReplyDeleteTHOSE are gorgeous biscuits. How'd you get them to rise so perfectly.
ReplyDeleteFortunately my Hubs loves hucky puck biscuits.
These are my fav "feeling lazy and not up to the fuss but I want everybody to stuff their faces and talk about how country girls always make the best biscuits" biscuit recipe! They never fail!
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