I am a huge fan of any baking recipe that is quick and easy. This drop biscuit recipe is the perfect example. These delicious scone-like cream biscuits are tender and sweet, and so delicious. Drop biscuits are just like conventional biscuits, except there’s no rolling or cutting of the dough. You just scoop the dough out of the bowl, drop it onto a pan, and bake! It’s that simple – no fuss and no mess! Drop biscuits are one of the most simple bakes you will ever make. Basic ingredients give you a delicious tender crumb with a golden crunchy crust.
Easiest Ever Biscuits
I learned this simple method in an issue of Cook’s Illustrated magazine. They warmed the cream in their biscuit dough to replace cutting in the butter making a quick and easy to throw together.
The cream is heated to break down the fat making it thinner which helps to bind the ingredients into a softer consistency. Cream has a high-fat content so it’s a great idea, but I missed the buttery flavor.
I decided to create my own recipe with warm cream, but I added less sugar and cut down on the cream replacing it with a little melted butter for extra flavor and fat content. This resulted in a rich flavor without any greasiness and the scone-like biscuits were light, crisp, and absolutely delicious!
Step By Step Instructions
Sift the dry ingredients into a bowl. Whisk the dry ingredients until combined. Melt the butter. Warm the cream in the microwave, add melted butter and cream to the dry ingredients. Combine well. Using a #12 ice cream scoop or 1/3 cup measuring cup, drop mounds of dough onto a prepared baking tray. Place the dough mounds at least 2 inches apart. Bake for around 12 minutes until golden. Serve warm. Erren’s Kitchen is written and produced for informational intentions only. We are not certified nutritionists, and the nutritional information found on this site has not been assessed or authorized by a nutritionist or the FDA. The nutritional information found in our recipes is offered as an estimate and should not be considered a guarantee or fact. The estimated data is provided as a courtesy and calculated through a third-party online nutritional calculator, spoonacular API. Although we do our best to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures should be considered rough estimates. Many factors, such as brands or products purchased and the nutritional fluctuations that naturally occur in fresh produce, can alter the effectiveness of the nutritional information in any recipe. Furthermore, various online calculators provide different results depending on their particular algorithms and nutrition fact sources. To obtain the most precise nutritional information in a provided recipe, you should calculate the nutritional information with the exact ingredients you are using when preparing the recipe using your preferred nutrition calculator.
