Mary's Sweet Drop Biscuits

Submitted by JenSmith

"Don't ask me who Mary is, 'cause I don't know! I found this recipe in some hand-written files. These are easy to make (like most biscuits) and taste great with butter and jam, berries and cream, or a slightly sweet dinner dish."

 

• Ready In: 22mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Yields: 16 biscuits

ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 5 teaspoons baking powder
• 3⁄4 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 3⁄4 cup shortening (must be cold!)
• 1 1⁄4 cups milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

directions

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
2. 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.
3. Drop biscuits onto a cookie sheets (use a 1/4 cup measure and space 2 inches apart).
4. 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.
5. Serve warm.

Reviews

[Calamity One 1968]

I almost always tweak a recipe to my liking after trying it as written. But to be honest, I can not think of one thing I would change to these biscuits. Perfect as is. Light, sweet, fluffy and a nice crunch to them with each bite. I make different things & take around town to the homeless so these will definitely be included with the Chili and Veggie soup.

 

[Carb Lover]

Well since MY name is Mary I might just claim these LOL We actually just enjoyed a nice warm batch with breakfast this morning. Next time I may try 1 tsp vanilla and 1 tsp almond. They are super easy to make and 12 minutes was perfect for my oven. Thanks for sharing this great recipe.

 

[kaec7628]

These are great, thanks!

 

[Lilbaker]

These were a hit. I accidentally doubled the sugar (Splenda) but that just made them even better. :)