Monday, December 7, 2020

Baking Powder Biscuits - Or Why Life is a Series of Distractions

Yummy Traditional Baking Powder Biscuits ...

I sat down early this morning with my pot of tea, in the dark, got online and started researching 1920s issues of Ladies Home Journal, looking for a specific architecture article. As I "flipped" through various issues I stumbled across this add.



I used butter as shortening. Also, after just 10 minutes at 475 degrees, I'd say they were overbaked by about 1 minute. So next time I'll reduce the temperature to 450 and keep an eagle eye on them from 9 minutes on.

Finished Baking Powder Biscuits

 

Now I've got one more recipe to add to my repertoire.

Traditional Baking Powder Biscuit Recipe


They were really quick and easy. Next time I'm going to try making a double batch and then freeze half before baking. Later I'll pull them out of the freezer and see how well they back from frozen.


Cheers!