Martha stewart living's molasses biscuits
10 Biscuits
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | cups | All-purpose flour |
| 1 | tablespoon | Packed dark brown sugar |
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt |
| 1 | tablespoon | Baking powder |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Ground ginger |
| Scant 1/4 tsp. ground cloves | ||
| ⅛ | teaspoon | Finely ground pepper |
| 6 | tablespoons | Cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/4 inch pieces |
| ¼ | cup | Plus 2 tbsp. milk |
| ¼ | cup | Fancy molasses |
| 1 | tablespoon | Heavy cream for brushing |
Directions
Heat oven to 375ø. Place rack in the center of the oven. Sift together the flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, ginger, cloves and pepper. Using a pastry blender or two knives, cut in butter until the mixture resembles coarse meal. In a small bowl, whisk together milk and molasses until completely combined. Make a well in the center of the flour mixture and add the milk and molasses. Using a fork, stir the mixture until almost combined. Gently bring the remaining smaller dough particles together with your fingertips. Transfer dough to a lightly floured surface and pat into rounds with a 2 inch cookie cutter. Gently press the excess dough together and cut more biscuits until dough is gone. Transfer biscuits to a parchment-lined baking sheet; generously brush tops with cream. Bake until golden brown, 24 to 26 minutes. Cool on racks before serving. Yield: 10 biscuits Typed in MMFormat by cjhartlin.msn@... Source: TV Guide April 3/99
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #13 by cjhartlin@... on Apr 12, 1999