TWD: Sweet Cream Biscuits
I’ve been AWOL for a couple of weeks while I was traveling (& recovering from my vacation!). I picked a good week to come back to Tuesdays with Dorie. Melissa of Love at First Bite chose Dorie’s Sweet Cream Biscuits. It was a very easy, low stress recipe.
These biscuits came together really quickly.
Several other TWD posters said that their biscuits didn’t rise as expected so I used extra baking powder.
Even so, they didn’t rise as much as I had hoped. They were very good, but crumbly.
Honestly, I think part of the problem was that I overworked the dough.
You may remember I recently tried Peter Reinhart’s biscuits from Artisan Breads Every Day. I’m sorry, Dorie, but I liked his better. Yes, they were more difficult to make and yes, they probably contained more fat. But, I preferred them. I may try these again but today’s attempt left me underwhelmed.
It’s Thyme to Eat!
Carol
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April 20, 2010 at 4:36 pm
I have heard a lot of good buzz on Peter’s book. Maybe I should look it up.
Your biscuits look good.
April 21, 2010 at 5:59 am
I love that biscuit cutter. I think your biscuits look great!
April 21, 2010 at 8:36 am
I just wanted to say for the nice compliment..I always wanted to have a bakery and call it Flourchild..funny how dreams get away from us. I may be a little old granny before that happens!
April 21, 2010 at 9:16 am
crumbly is good IMO.
they look great!
April 21, 2010 at 5:54 pm
Isn’t it funny how we often need to recover from our vacations? I think I overworked my biscuits too, so I’ll probably go back to my regular recipe next time. Yours sure look good with strawberry jam though!