Last week I was sitting in my dentist's office waiting for my name to be called. I hate the dentist. It took me forever to get up the nerve to make my appointment. I take care of myself so I thought I was going to skate by. Unfortunately that was not the plan my teeth had for me. Two crowns-one upper and one lower-did I tell you I hate the dentist ? My dentist is a very sweet and a nice guy-I don't hate him-just the process. So while I was waiting, with high anxiety, I tried to distract myself with the usual waiting room reading material. I started flipping through the pages of Better Homes and Gardens, whoa..what is that-blueberries ? I wanted to run home and try the recipe immediately. Of course it had nothing to do with the fact that I was looking for any reason to run out of the dentist's office. Too bad, they called my name, and for the next 2 hours I endured the drilling and water squirts down my throat. I'm not afraid of drills, I just don't like having tools and hands in my mouth. I start to get very anxious and have to remind myself to breath. I don't do laughing gas, it just makes me more anxious and doesn't make me laugh ! So I sat there thinking about these biscuits in order to distract myself. The recipe seemed far too simple.
Two hours later and finally out of the dentist's chair I was finished. Thanking my dentist and his assistant for the torture they inflicted on me-why ? I mean really, thank you for making me sit with my mouth opened for 2 hours while you drilled and scraped and suctioned out my mouth ? Needless to say I just about ran out of the office. On the way home I did manage, (in spite of the swollen tongue and mouth), to stop for fresh blueberries and whipping cream . As soon as I got home I suddenly felt very tired. Stress will do that and dental work is at the top of my stressors. So instead of baking I took a nap. These could wait one more day.
The next morning I looked over the recipe and about 45 minutes later I was pulling these babies from the oven. This really is a super simple recipe and oh so good. Another one to add to my "go to recipes ". Even the blueberry sauce was easy peasy ! You should make these. Run out to the grocery store right now and get your blueberries and any other ingredients you might need. And if you go to the Better Homes and Gardens site and read the review saying that these were horrible,too sticky, only the tops baked, etc. etc., ignore it. It couldn't be further from the truth.
Now please don't let my dentist know that 48 hours after he finished I was eating teeth staining blueberry biscuits with blueberry sauce. Just kidding ! No stains , nothing but sweet deliciousness-enjoy !
Blueberry Cream Biscuits with Blueberry Sauce
Yield: 12 biscuits
Ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon grated nutmeg
1 cup blueberries
1 1/2 cups whipping cream
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. In a large bowl thoroughly mix flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, and nutmeg. Toss blueberries with the flour mixture. Stir whipping cream into the flour mixture until just moistened.
Turn out dough on a floured work surface.( In order to not overwork or over flour the dough , I turned it out onto my parchment lined baking sheet. Didn't have to worry about it sticking, just gently formed it into the 7 inch square. And I used the edges of the parchment paper to help gently lift and fold the dough) Gently lift and fold dough four or five, making a quarter turn between each fold. Place dough on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Form dough in a 7- to 8-inch square, approximately 1 inch thick. Using a floured pizza cutter or knife, cut 12 to 16 squares in dough, leaving biscuits intact. Bake in upper half of oven for 17 to 20 minutes or until golden brown. Cut through or pull apart biscuits. Serve warm with Blueberry Sauce.
Blueberry Sauce:
2 cups blueberries
1/3 cup sugar
2 tablespoons water
1 teaspoon vanilla
In a medium saucepan combine 1 cup of the blueberries, the sugar, and water. Bring to simmering; cook and stir until blueberries pop and sauce has thickened. Remove from heat, then stir in the vanilla and remaining blueberries. Serve warm or at room temperature.
2 comments:
I'll take your word for it that these are a winner Sandy. I can't tell you the number of times people have said that a recipe does not work but they have changed the size of the pan or their ovens are not calibrated.
Definitely a winner Val ! I can't believe on comment was that they were crusty on the outside and still sticky dough on the inside-if I had that person's address I would send them an oven thermometer !
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