Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Another quick and easy "kid-friendly" recipe. I have my girls breakup the herbs with their fingers rather than use a knife. They love being involved in the cooking, and they love these biscuits!
Happy baking!!!...:-)
Herb Biscuits:

  • 1 cup bleached all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, diced and chilled
  • 1 tablespoon minced fresh rosemary leaves (or another herb that you prefer)
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk, or as needed

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.

Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into a mixing bowl. Cut the butter into the flour with a pastry blender or a fork until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in the rosemary. Stir in the 1/2 cup buttermilk a few tablespoons at a time. Knead the dough in the bowl just until it holds together, adding additional buttermilk, a tablespoon at a time, if the dough is too dry. Take care not to overwork the dough, or the biscuits will be tough rather than light and airy.

Drop about a teaspoonful of the biscuit mixture on the baking sheet separating each about two inches. (I like to use a 1 1/2-inch ice cream scoop which gives you nice, even balls.)

Bake until golden on top and lightly browned on the bottom, about 12 minutes.

Serve warm with butter. Yum!

Yield: 12 biscuits

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