Two Biscuit Recipes

Sleeping Baby Biscuits

Ingredients

  • 2 cups flour (of your choice)
  • 3-4 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar (optional)
  • 1 tablespoon honey (or to your liking)
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 2/3 cup water or milk

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 450.
  2. Mix dry ingredients in one bowl.
  3. Cut in butter.
  4. Mix milk/water and honey in another bowl. Add to dry mixture.
  5. Mix until it holds together. Then dump it onto a lightly floured surface and knead about a dozen times.
  6. Flatten the dough gently and cut with a biscuit cutter or the top of a cup or glass into about 12 biscuits.
  7. If you like crusty edges, place the biscuits on a baking sheet about two inches apart. If you like softer edges from a “pull-apart” biscuit, put them close together in a pan. You may brush the tops with melted butter or milk.
  8. Bake at 450 for 10 minutes or until they are done to your liking.

Serve with butter and jam, or use for breakfast sandwiches, biscuits and gravy, or Egg in a Basket!

Screaming Baby Biscuits

Ingredients

  • 2 cups flour (of your choice)
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 4 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/3 cup oil (sometimes I use butter)
  • 2/3 cup milk or water

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 425.
  2. Mix dry ingredients in a bowl.
  3. Mix wet ingredients in another bowl.
  4. Combine with your hands, a spoon, your child’s hands, whatever.
  5. Grab by handfuls and drop on a baking sheet. It makes around 12, depending on the size you like.
  6. Bake for 12-15 minutes.

For a more pastry-like texture, use a 50/50 ratio of oil/butter to milk/water.  Serve with honey and butter.