Comments on: Tuesdays with Dorie: Sweet Cream Biscuits

By: steph (whisk/spoon)

steph (whisk/spoon) — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 03:15:49 +0000

Oh my gosh…that biscuit didnt work for me, either!

By: Melissa

Melissa — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 19:27:37 +0000

I just made these for the fifth time and I was soooo careful not to overwork or over-roll. They still didn’t rise so here I am googleing “cream biscuit didn’t rise.” Thank goodness I found you! I might just try your tip tomorrow – I’m dying to make this work! Thank you!

By: steph (whisk/spoon)

steph (whisk/spoon) — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 13:16:39 +0000

thanks…the smoosh was totally something i made up to save some berries that would have been bound for the trashcan a day later. i just cut them in quarters, added a little sugar (to taste), seeds of half a vanilla bean and a squirt of lemon juice. put that in a pot and heated it until it bubbled and the sugar looked dissolved. it was much looser than a jam…more like a sauce…because i didn’t add too much sugar or really cook it down for a long period.

By: Kelsey

Kelsey — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 02:52:02 +0000

I may be missing it, but where is the strawberry-vanilla bean smoosh recipe? It looks fabulous!

By: steph (whisk/spoon)

steph (whisk/spoon) — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:02:45 +0000

Thanks for the tips! I have already thought that I would make them fatter next time, but letting them rise is an excellent trick, and I will certainly remember it!!

By: Emily

Emily — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 01:04:38 +0000

So I know I’m really late to this conversation but I hadn’t been to your site in a while and was catching up (I love it by the way!). I love this recipe but it took some work. I’ve found that cutting the bisucits extra thick (I normally double the batch), adding a little extra baking powder, and letting them sit and rise for 30 minutes (I also always brush them with heavy cream and sift powdered sugar over them) before baking — it’s made all the difference for me. They end up rising beautifully! It took a couple tries but these have become my favorite, go-to biscuit recipe.

By: njmt32

njmt32 — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:10:06 +0000

What a gorgeous picture! Your jam looks so delcious!

By: vibi

vibi — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 03:02:22 +0000

This looks all very english-ey… lol doesn’t look at all like you didn’t master them. But I do understand the biscuits of your dreams! I’m far from being a pro… and all I do now is not to work them at all! LOL

By: Tracey

Tracey — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:58:34 +0000

I had basically the same experience – tasty biscuits but absolutely no rise! Bummer, but at least this recipe is easy enough to try, try again Love the shot with the jam – looks yummy!

By: spike

spike — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:05:03 +0000

biscuits have been giving me trouble too but I’ll keep trying! love the smoosh!