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INGREDIENTS
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder (double-acting)
3/4 cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons granulated sugar
DIRECTIONS
Sift dry ingredients together.
Fold in cream until it makes a soft dough that can be easily handled.(You may need to add up to a full cup of cream).
Turn on to a floured board and knead for about one minute.
I make these as drop biscuits:Take a large mound of dough (one heaping [...]
INGREDIENTS
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon baking powder (double-acting)
3/4 cup milk
1/4 cup butter
DIRECTIONS
Sift flour into mixing bowl with baking powder and salt.
Using fingers, two knives, or a heavy fork, blend butter and flour into very fine particles.(Don’t beat any longer than you absolutely must!).
Add milk and stir just enough to ake particles cling together — it will be a very soft dough.
(You may have to [...]