I have stumbled across this recipe in many community cookbooks over the years, and after seeing it so many times, I just had to try it to see if it’s for real. It’s so easy, I had a suspicion it was too good to be true. But, lo and behold, it works. I have seen the recipes titled cream cheese biscuits and cream cheese wafers, but neither is really completely accurate. … [Read more...] about Cream Cheese Wafer Biscuits
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Blueberry Biscuits
My love for biscuits has been well and truly established. And though I will never turn away from a classic Southern buttermilk biscuit, piping hot, slathered with butter, I do occasionally like to veer off the path a bit – but not too far! But with summer blueberry bounty in full swing, I decided to combine my love of biscuits and blueberries for a trip away from the standard … [Read more...] about Blueberry Biscuits
Strawberry Shortcake
I would hazard a guess that for many people, the image that comes to mind with the words strawberry shortcake are those electric yellow sponge cake cups with the little crater on the top that are sold as “shortcakes,” usually next to the berries in the produce section. Maybe served with fresh berries, maybe with frozen berries in syrup or maybe even gel-glazed pie filling. … [Read more...] about Strawberry Shortcake
The Gravy Train
So, now you have, I am sure, studied the primer for making good Buttermilk Biscuits. And you’d like to know all the many ways you can serve your beautiful creations. Here are two of my favorites. I once had some friends by for a biscuit bar, serving baskets full of homemade biscuits, homemade preserves, tomato gravy, sausage gravy and lots of good butter. I even made … [Read more...] about The Gravy Train
Southern Buttermilk Biscuits- A Primer
Heaven is a Biscuit I love biscuits. Love them. I could eat a whole batch at one sitting, even without butter or jam or gravy. I say I could, because believe it or not I do possess the restraint not to. And I should probably clarify, I love good buttermilk biscuits. Sure, I have been known to eat a fast food sausage biscuit or a chain restaurant puck covered with … [Read more...] about Southern Buttermilk Biscuits- A Primer
