When I was making the list of American dishes for the alphabetical cuisine journey, the letter ‘B’ had so many dishes to choose from. For the letter A, I never really looked beyond Apple pie. I had zeroed upon the pie before even making the list. But for B, it could have been buttermilk pancakes, brownies, baked beans, buttermilk biscuits, bagel, Boston cream pie and what not!! Finally, I took the sensible decision of staying with the healthier choices and chose biscuits over brownies for B.
The plan initially was to make buttermilk biscuits, but a packet of fresh cream approaching the expiry date changed the chain of events. It turned out to be god, this way I was making the easiest biscuits possible on earth! These can be served with any sandwich with filling in between, but we poured some sweet honey onto it before popping it into our mouths :).
The term biscuit in American cuisine is totally different from the British and Indian concept. American cookies are more like the Indian biscuits and the English scones are more like American biscuits. Gotcha?
This recipe was so simple that I didn’t take any step wise pictures. But go through this link here for a detailed post on cream biscuits. The key to the recipe is high fat cream, so don’t try this recipe unless you can get hold of the kind of cream that makes you real fat! Did I talk about healthy choice sometime back? Well..scratch that off:D!
Recipe source: Serious Eats
Ingredients:
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1.5 tablespoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1.5 cups heavy cream
Method:
- Heat the oven to 400F/ 200C.
- In a big bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Once its all mixed well, stir in the heavy cream slowly and mix it in until the flour is wet and sticky. You can add a little more cream if it is not enough.
- Turn the dough into a well floured surface and gently press it to form a rectangle, about 1/2″ high. Now fold it one or two times and pat it down again into 1/2″ thick rectangle. Use a round cookie cutter to cut out the biscuits.
- Gently press the leftover dough scraps together and cut more biscuits out until the dough is used up fully.
- Bake for about 10-15 minutes. You can brush the top of the biscuits with melted butter when it goes into the oven to get a golden brown color. Let it cool slightly before serving.
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Fanastic biscuits. Awesome clicks. Looks amazing Rajini
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These look just perfect. I am a biscuit lover!
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They look soft and flaky… very nice
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these are totally different than traditional biscuits with butter and/or shortening cut into the flour – but these must be so soft with the cream
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Yes Mireille.. I would have made those, if not for the pack of heavy cream :-D
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Lovely shots. That too the pic with honey dripping is very inviting. very simple recipe too. A must try I say..
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Love your flaky biscuits with yummy drizzle of honey over them. Feeling like just grabbing one off the screen here Rajani .:)
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Fantastic looking biscuits and the moment I saw the name ‘biscuits’ in the heading I mentally removed the word ‘healthy’ :)
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Wow these are eggless kya? amazing. Bookmarking ranjani. :-)
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Biscuits looks so amazing just like store bought ones.You have made them so perfectly.Very lovely pictures Rajini.
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Your biscuits look good. Somehow so far, I have been not tempted to make biscuits. :)
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Your biscuits look amazing, I’ve been trying to work on improving my ‘height’ on my own, but you seem to have it on lock. Great job ;-)
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Such a fantastic biscuits, looks absolutely prefect to kick start a day, prefect biscuits to enjoy for a lazy sunday brunch.
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Those biscuits are nothing less than perfect! Looks wonderful and great choice for B. Love the picture with honey dripping :)
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Perfect choice for the letter B. Biscuits turned out so flaky and delicious. Love the last pic with honey dripping — I think it’s calling my name. Yummy!!
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Beautiful pics Rajani esp loved the second one. Awesome!
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Biscuits have turned out perfect. At times even I try to bake healthy and eventually give up. I guess for certain bakes, we need to go full fat to really enjoy the bake.
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the pictures speak volumes….i can feel the crunch, the butter and taste , beautiful pictures
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Now this one is going in to my bookmarks. beautiful clicks and biscuits looks so tempting…..
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Awesome Biscuits Rajani :) They look so perfect and fluffy. Loved all the shots, especially the drizzled honey!
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Yes the recipe sounds simple, but absolutely gorgeous. Looks so flaky and melt in the mouth kinds.
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That’s seriously some addictive biscuits you got there Rajani…That honey dripping off is a beautiful shot..I should try my hand at this, what this being a simple recipe…:)
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very tempting biscuits Rajani.. & i loved the honey drizzled on top :)
For India, will Amul cream work ??
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These biscuits look so flaky and delicious. So beautiful snaps..
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Its only 25% fat. So I am guessing no.
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These biscuits are absolutely the best I’ve ever had!!! First time I made them I didn’t have heavy cream so I had to substitute with milk/butter turned out wonderful. Second time I made them I made sure I had heavy cream. I could figure out what I did wrong because they were flat little things…. Forgot the baking powder!? My son said they were better that way, they were pretty darn good but I like them fluffy!! Finally made them again with ALL the ingredients and they were just amazing!! My family had requested I make them with and without the baking powder because they love them so much both ways!! Thank you!!!
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Thanks Robin for trying it out and also for letting me know how it went. I am so glad you and your family liked it :-). Cheers! Rajani
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