Unlike the founding fathers who dumped three shiploads of tea into the Boston Harbor to protest British taxation, we are not going to discard anything in these hard times. Instead we are going to make biscuits fit for the Queen of England! This recipe is courtesy of my mother who was cooking from the classic Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book. I've made these biscuits hundreds of times. They are easy to make and delicious to eat.
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
¾ teaspoon cream of tartar
¾ cup butter
*1 ¼ cups milk or 1 ½ cups buttermilk
Heat oven to 450 F. Sift dry ingredients. Using a pastry blender, cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add milk, stir with a fork just until moistened. Use a large spoon to drop 12 biscuits onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake about 10 minutes, or until golden brown.
*If serving the queen, your mother-in-law, or your boss, you can knead and roll the biscuits on a floured board and cut them with a round cutter or with the rim of a glass dipped in flour. You’ll need to decrease the milk to 1 cup. If using buttermilk decrease to 1 ¼ cups.
Serve them with...
Clotted cream for the Queen. Jam, butter, honey, eggs, sausage, gravy, bacon or ham for the rest of us (including your boss and your mother-in-law).
Leftovers -
Save extra biscuits and make bread pudding.
What it costs –
A pittance!
What it means to your waistline –
12 biscuits = 4 WW Points/each
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