Marys Sweet Drop Biscuits Recipes

MARY'S SWEET DROP BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Grease 2 cookie sheets.
• In large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, cream of tartar, and salt. With pastry blender or two knives used scissor-fashion, cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in milk and vanilla extract; quickly mix until just combined.
• Drop dough by 1/4 cups, 2 inches apart, onto cookie sheets to make 16 biscuits.
• Place cookie sheets on 2 oven racks; bake biscuits 12 to 15 minutes until golden, rotating cookie sheets between upper and lower racks half-way through baking time. Serve warm. Or, if not serving right away, cool biscuits on wire rack. Store in tightly covered container to reheat before serving. Makes 16.

SWEET BISCUITS FOR BREAKFAST OR SHORTCAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400, I place a rack in lowest position in the oven.
• Combine dry ingredients.
• Cut in butter.
• Stir in liquid until it just begins to pull from the sides- it will be pretty moist.
• Spread 1/4 C flour on a pastry board and dump the dough onto the flour.
• Gently turn the dough until all sides are covered with flour.
• Knead by gently rubbing the dough into the flour, a scant 8 to 10 turns.
• Pat the dough into a 1 inch thich slab.
• Cut into rounds with a sharp round biscuit cutter- I use a 2 1/2 inch cutter-- you can push the scraps together to make room to cut a few more, try not to knead it too much.
• Place on insulated cookie sheet about 1/2 inch apart.
• Put in HOT oven and bake for 12- 15 minutes.
• You can test by lifting the top layer of the center biscuit; if it's done it will look dry inside and the edges will be golden.
• (I get 9 biscuits when I use a 2 1/2" cutter).

MARY'S SWEET DROP BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, cream of tartar, and salt. Cut in shortening with a pastry blender (or 2 knives) until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in milk and vanilla extract and mix until just combined.
• Drop biscuits onto a cookie sheets (use a 1/4 cup measure and space 2 inches apart).
• Place cookie sheets on 2 oven racks near the center of the oven. Bake biscuits for 12-15 minutes, until they are golden brown, rotating cookie sheets between the upper and lower racks halfway through baking time.
• Serve warm.

SWEET DROP BISCUITS

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350. Mix ingredients in a bowl until all mixed together; do not over mix. Should be a wet & lumpy consistency. Adjust amount of milk if you need it a moister consistency. With a spoon, place dollops of batter onto a sheet pan lined with either parchment paper or shortening. Bake for approx. 20 min or until a light golden brown. Serve hot with butter or honey butter.