Aren't biscuits just about the
perfect food? We love them here in the SFFS house. Breakfast, lunch or
dinner....we are fans. They're also great for dessert or as a little
sweet treat. Try these fun biscuits with some apple butter! They're not
as hard to make as you might think!
Cinnamon Sugar Biscuits
1/4 cup sugar ~ divided use
2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 cups flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons COLD butter ~ cut into small cubes
1 cup milk
2 tablespoons butter ~ melted
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Lightly grease a cookie sheet.
In a small bowl, measure out 3 tablespoons of the sugar. Combine with the cinnamon. Set aside.
In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt and remaining sugar.
Cut the 6 tablespoons of cold butter into the flour mixture with a pastry cutter until mixture resembles peas.
Pour in the milk and stir until just combined.
Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and pat gently into an 8-inch circle.
Sprinkle with half of the cinnamon/sugar mixture then fold dough in half and press down gently to make the dough a little bigger.
Cut with a 2-inch biscuit cutter and place on prepared greased cookie sheet.
Brush biscuits with melted butter then sprinkle with the remaining cinnamon/sugar mixture.
Bake biscuits for about 15 minutes or until done.
Serve with apple butter or jam.
Makes about 8 biscuits.
Cinnamon Sugar Biscuits
1/4 cup sugar ~ divided use
2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 cups flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons COLD butter ~ cut into small cubes
1 cup milk
2 tablespoons butter ~ melted
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Lightly grease a cookie sheet.
In a small bowl, measure out 3 tablespoons of the sugar. Combine with the cinnamon. Set aside.
In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt and remaining sugar.
Cut the 6 tablespoons of cold butter into the flour mixture with a pastry cutter until mixture resembles peas.
Pour in the milk and stir until just combined.
Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and pat gently into an 8-inch circle.
Sprinkle with half of the cinnamon/sugar mixture then fold dough in half and press down gently to make the dough a little bigger.
Cut with a 2-inch biscuit cutter and place on prepared greased cookie sheet.
Brush biscuits with melted butter then sprinkle with the remaining cinnamon/sugar mixture.
Bake biscuits for about 15 minutes or until done.
Serve with apple butter or jam.
Makes about 8 biscuits.
Let's make some biscuits.
In a small bowl, measure out 3
tablespoons of the sugar. Combine
with the cinnamon. Set aside.
Cut
the 6 tablespoons of cold butter
into the flour, baking powder, salt
and
remaining sugar until mixture resemble coarse crumbs.
Pour in the milk and stir until just combined.
Turn
dough out onto a lightly
floured surface and pat gently
into an 8-inch
circle then sprinkle
with half of the cinnamon/sugar mixture
Fold dough in half and press down gently
to make the dough a little bigger.
Cut
with a 2-inch biscuit cutter and
place on prepared greased cookie
sheet.
Brush biscuits with melted butter then
sprinkle with the
remaining cinnamon/sugar mixture.
Bake!
Enjoy with some apple butter or jam!
