I have insomnia. I hardly sleep. Generally I watch bad infomercials, drink coffee and stare at boring television. Today I was inspired to bake up a batch of my 'brain biscuits' named by Connor because the tops look like brains to him. They are patted out gently in powdered sugar and baked with a little blob of butter on top. The recipe is here on the site with more details I think but here's the dirty:
2 cups a/p flour
1 tsp salt
2 Tb baking powder
1 Tb sugar (ok it's a heaping Tb)
Mix with your fingers then cut in (I use my fingers) 6 Tb butter or margarine, either works fine! If you're not thrilled with mixing/cutting in the fat with your fingers, use two knives or a pastry cutter. This is a quick small recipe so no need to pull out the big gun equipment like a food processor, c'mon, you can do it.
Stir in 3/4 cup milk with a fork quickly and dump it onto a board floured with powdered sugar. Flip it twice, pat it to 1 inch thick and cut with a medium biscuit cutter, don't twist it! Bake the biscuits, barely touching, on a cast iron pan in a 450 oven for about 12 minutes or until they look like this:
They should pull easily and you should slather them with good butter and a blog of raspberry jam.
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Husband wasn't bothered and child could have cared less about hot, fresh, delicious biscuits on the island when they came downstairs this morning, I'm trying not to be in a snit about it and sent the batch to work with husband with the hopes someone he works with will be delighted. Hey, I don't care where I get it so long as SOMEone is delighted :) Make some, they're easy, they're quick, they're delicious and I'm sure you'll make someone happy!!
/enjoy
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