These cute Jellied Biscuits are what we had with our breakfast this morning. We all loved them! They would make the perfect addition to any breakfast or brunch. We spread a little butter on the tops and they were perfect. Tender in the center with a slight outer crunch. The jelly gives them the perfect hint of sweetness. Yumm! The recipe is out of my cookbook Taste of Home 30-Minute Cookbook. If you don’t have any Taste of home cookbooks I would go get some. I have gotten so many great recipes out of their books. They are all easy, down home recipes. The ingredients are:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1/3 cup jelly
- In a bowl, combine flour, baking powder, sugar, salt and cream of tartar. Cut in shortening until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add milk; stir just until moistened.
- Drop by rounded Tablespoons onto a greased baking sheet. Make an indention in center of each biscuit; fill each with about 1 teaspoon jelly.
- Bake at 450 degrees for 10-12 minutes or until biscuits are lightly browned.
Yield: about 1 dozen
I love biscuits! Especially with crunchy outsides The recipe I usually make (http://www.food.com/recipe/southern-buttermilk-biscuits-26110) uses butter instead of shortening (which I like because we always have butter in the house, but rarely Crisco). Do you think that substitution would work in this recipe, too?
I don’t see why not. I normally use butter in all of my baking as well. Let me know how it turns out if you do try it and thanks for commenting.