Cream Biscuits
We are inspired by Sara Moulton's new cookbook to create egg sandwiches with biscuits. We fill small cream biscuits with scrambled eggs, spinach, and feta cheese for a delicious breakfast or dinner. The biscuits are made with cream and are simple to prepare and wonderful to eat. They would be great as a side or eaten with butter for a snack! Originally served as part of: Easy Eggs.
Ingredients
- 1 cup unbleached, all-purpose, plus more for kneading flour
- ½ tablespoon double-acting baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon fine salt
- 1 cup pasteurized heavy cream (divided)
Instructions
We start by preheating the oven to 425°.
In a large bowl, we whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt. We pour in ½ cup of cream to start, stirring with a flat whisk. We want the dough to just come together. We add another ¼ cup of cream and the dough comes together.
The dough is dumped out on a large piece of wax paper coated with a little flour. With our hands, we knead the dough a few times until it is nice and smooth. We flatten into a rectangle with our hands until it is about ½ an inch thick. Using the top of a small juice glass, we cut out 2-inch biscuits and place them on a parchment lined cookie sheet. When we cannot cut anymore with the glass cutter, we reform the dough a couple of times, until we have 6 biscuits.
We bake the biscuits for 15 minutes until they are lightly browned and serve them warm.
Ingredients
- 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour (plus more for kneading)
- ½ tbsp double-acting baking powder
- ¼ tsp fine salt
- ¾ cup heavy cream (up to 1 cup)
Instructions
What's a kid job?
A Kid job is a step kids can help with, with a grown-up nearby, not one they do on their own. Every kid is different, so go by what your child can do rather than by age. Roughly:
- Little ones (about 2 to 4) can stir, pour in ingredients a grown-up has measured, tear lettuce, wash vegetables and sprinkle toppings.
- Older kids (about 5 to 8) can also measure and level, crack eggs, whisk, roll and cut out dough, and put things together.
- Bigger kids can read the recipe aloud, keep track of the timer, and take on more of the cooking as they're ready.
Steps with a knife, microplane, skewers, stove, oven, grill or hot oil, or with raw meat, poultry or seafood, are marked Grown-up. Kids can still watch those, from a safe distance.
Heat the oven to 425°F.
Kid job
Whisk the flour, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Stir in ½ cup of cream, then about ¼ cup more, just until the dough comes together.
Kid job
Turn the dough onto lightly floured wax paper and knead a few times until smooth. Pat it into a rectangle about ½ inch thick. Cut 2-inch biscuits with the rim of a small juice glass and set them on a parchment-lined cookie sheet. Re-form the scraps and cut again, for 6 biscuits.
Bake 15 minutes, until lightly browned. Serve warm.