Tuesdays with Dorie BWJ: Baking Powder Biscuits
August 19, 2014 at 12:01 am | Posted in biscuits/scones, breakfast things, BWJ, groups, tuesdays with dorie | 15 CommentsTags: baking, biscuits, breakfast
Marion Cunningham’s Baking Powder Biscuits were good for breakfast, and also good for dessert, all dressed up like shortcakes. These were easy to make. I didn’t want to do an all shortening biscuit like the recipe called for, so I swapped out half of it for butter. I rubbed my shortening/butter and dry ingredients together the night before and stashed the mix in a container in the fridge…in the morning I just had to work in the milk. They didn’t rise as high as I wished they would have (maybe I should have patted them out less? or maybe they really do work best with all shortening?), but they were very tender, not dense at all. I made square biscuits instead of round, just so I didn’t have to deal with scrap and reroll.
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Delicious!! 🙂
Comment by mommycookforme— August 19, 2014 #
Great idea the square biscuits. They look wonderful.
Comment by Sunita— August 19, 2014 #
Love your recipes and especially the title of this post 🙂 Check out my blog at warandpeach.com for similar literary puns and original recipes!
Comment by War and Peach— August 19, 2014 #
We thought alike with this one it seems! It was nice to have an easier recipe so I could participate again. I love the shape you chose!
Comment by Lisa— August 19, 2014 #
Mine didn’t rise much either. I don’t have good luck with biscuits.
Comment by balcatlib— August 20, 2014 #
That is the way to serve those biscuits!!
Comment by Karen @ Karen's Kitchen Stories— August 21, 2014 #
Looks yummy! I tend to have varying results with biscuits rising myself, and never too sure about the cause (too much handling? Older baking powder? Humidity?). I thought the shortening gave them a bit of a different texture than my usual recipe with butter.
Comment by Kathleen B— August 22, 2014 #
These were tender.
Very clever to make them square 🙂
Comment by Cher— August 22, 2014 #
Those look very delicious! I just found your blog by coincidence. I like it very much!
Comment by thechefcat— August 23, 2014 #
Ouu!!! That looks really tasty! What a great idea to make them square. So easy! I ended up making them again today and patted them out to 1/2 inch thick before cutting. They came out a lot better. Yay!
Comment by sbb jen— August 23, 2014 #
Your biscuits look delicious. A couple of suggestions to help them rise better: pat them out so the dough is thick (I pat mine out to an inch thick at least) and–baking powder works better when your ingredients are warm. If you have time, let the biscuits sit for about 20 minutes before you put them in the oven. Best of luck!
Comment by Catherine— August 24, 2014 #
The sweet biscuits versions are having me re-think my savory tendencies with biscuits.
Comment by sunshine x 2— August 27, 2014 #
These baking powder biscuits are very delicious!
Comment by Jeff @ Cheese-burger.net— August 28, 2014 #
Your dessert version looks fabulous! My biscuits did not rise as much as I would have liked either. I subbed all butter, and found out after, that my baking powder was expired…
Comment by Cathleen— August 28, 2014 #
omg so lovely!!!!!!!!
Comment by kattuntvxqegg— October 13, 2014 #