Do I need to say more here? Obviously we LIKE pie! My very favorite is a dark chocolate cream pie, although I do like a fresh apple pie with home-made crust and melted cheese on top... and I do like buttermilk, and maybe... OK, enough about pie.
When I started this post, I wanted to ask you readers out there if anyone has a fool-proof favorite recipe for biscuits. I've had many, but none that I was crazy about. I'm going to post one here that I recently cut out of the newspaper for 'Incredible cheese biscuits'. I will warn you that I haven't tried it yet... but am planning to do so this week. However, if anyone does have a favorite recipe for light airy biscuits, I'd really appreciate if you'd share it with me... or all of us?
Incredible Cheese Biscuits
2 cups (8oz) shredded sharp cheddar cheese
1 cup butter, melted
1 cup sour cream (regular, not lite)
2 cups self-rising flour (or substitute 2 cups all purpose flour mixed with 3 teaspoons baking powder and 1 tsp salt)
Preheat oven to 425F. Mix all ingredients together and spoon into mini muffin pans a tablespoon at a time. Bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven and cool on wire rack for 5 mins. Makes about 3 dozen. Can freeze if desired.
Sounds simple?
Now regarding biscuits... I know (or think I know) that biscuits here in the US are similar to scones 'across the pond'. I love scones and do have several favorite recipes for these. But my recipes for scones are generally flavored like lavender scones and chocolate pecan scones. When I was working, my associates loved the lavender scones...
I love custard and I love pumpkin...I can leave the pie crust, though.
ReplyDeleteMom has a recipe for tea biscuits that I've not made in decades, but I remember it as being really good:
Sift:
3 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
3 tsp cream of tartar
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
Cut in: 1/2 cup shortening
Add: 1 1/3 cup milk
Knead lightly 8 - 10 strokes; bake at 400F for 15 minutes.
Oh Kim, I love a good pie crust... but I have to admit, all crusts are not good. Thanks so much for the tea biscuit recipe. I will definitely try it.
DeleteI love how different baking is on either side of the pond ...This is what we call a Custard Tart ...I think.Our pies have tops and bottoms ...and some savoury ones only have tops.
ReplyDeleteAs for the biscuit/scone debate ....I think you have as many recipes for biscuits as we do for scones. My plain sugar free ones are similar to Fuzzy Tales biscuits but I sour the milk. Others use sugar and also add dried fruit....these are taditional scones and are served with thick cream and Strawberry jam. The addition of other sweet flavours is not so common....although around Halloween onwards we find cinamon ones and sometimes Black Treacle ones in the shops up here. Over here we do however love to make cheese ones.
The trick with scones (and probably your biscuits) is to work qickley, handle as little as possible and not to have the dough too dry. Now I want to go and make some lol xx
I HAVE heard reference to 'custard tarts' on the BBC channel (probably on 'As Time goes by'). I love all the old BBC shows. 'Good Neighbors' used to be a favorite.
DeleteForgot to say ...is that a pie funnel sitting on your pie?? ...thats what we use in pies that have only tops and contain a lot of gravey. XX
ReplyDeleteYes, Angie, you caught me... I didn't use the pie bird when cooking the pie, just added it for effect when taking the picture. :)
DeleteThe cheese biscuits sound delicious. i will try them. I've got several pumpkins in the garden that I need to harvest. I might try to make a pie. So far I've just harvested one giant pumpkin and I roasted it in the turkey roaster and then pureed it for future use. So many good things to eat and so little time...
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping by to visit, Nana. I plan to check out your site more thoroughly soon. And let me know how the cheese biscuits come out. You may get to them before I do.
DeleteMMMmm. I love a good pie. Apple is my favorite, made with Northern Spy apples--which are getting harder and harder to find. I can't even say that I have ever had a custard pie though.
ReplyDeleteI have never heard of Northern Spy apples... and possibly their name carries a reason that they are hard to find?
DeleteBut Olga, you must try custard pie! Do you like egg custard? Creme brule'? It is similar to buttermilk pie or possibly chess... not exactly, but similar.
Oct. 9th
ReplyDeleteThank you for telling me (in my comments) that you enjoy the old show "Pie In The Sky." :-)))
"Auntie"
Yes, and you must see the other four series!
DeleteApple Rhubarb pie is one of my favorites and thankfully I do not bake...I would not be able to resist the temptation to eat it all by myself.
ReplyDeleteYou do not bake? At all...?
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