{"id":1808,"date":"2019-04-27T08:58:47","date_gmt":"2019-04-27T15:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/?p=1808"},"modified":"2019-04-14T21:09:43","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T04:09:43","slug":"another-using-up-recipe-cream-biscuits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/27\/another-using-up-recipe-cream-biscuits\/","title":{"rendered":"Another using-up recipe: cream biscuits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A while ago, I need to use up a pound or so of sour cream (left over from some event) and some over-cooked sweet potato. I steamed it into sweet potato mush \ud83d\ude41 I had the bright idea of making pancakes (<em>really<\/em> good, super tender and fluffy) and biscuits (not so great, but edible).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_2855-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_2855-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_2855-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_2855-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_2855.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>At least they have a good color. Any suggestions on how to use up a ton of biscuits?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The original biscuit recipe, which is much better than my modification, is from Joy of Cooking:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cream biscuits<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>20 2-inch biscuits<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>2 cups flour<\/li><li>2 1\/2 teaspoons baking powder<\/li><li>3\/4 teaspoon salt (might need more salt)<\/li><li>1 1\/4 cups heavy cream<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Mix dry ingredients. Add the cream all at once. Mix until the dry ingredients are moistened. <\/li><li>Gather the dough into a ball and knead it gently 5-10 times, adhering any loose pieces in the process, until the work area is clean.<\/li><li>Roll or pat the dough out to 1\/2-inch thick. Cut into desired size (2-inch squares is standard). Reroll and cut any scraps.<\/li><li>Bake in center rack at 450\u00b0F for 10-12 minutes until biscuits are golden on top. Set biscuits close together on baking sheet for joined biscuits with soft sides.<\/li><li>(To cook on a griddle, roll dough out to 1\/4-3\/8-inch thick. Cook in griddle until brown on one side, 3-4 minutes, then turn and cook until brown on the other side.)<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A while ago, I need to use up a pound or so of sour cream (left over from some event) and some over-cooked sweet potato. I steamed it into sweet potato mush \ud83d\ude41 I had the bright idea of making pancakes (really good, super tender and fluffy) and biscuits (not so great, but edible). The &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/27\/another-using-up-recipe-cream-biscuits\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Another using-up recipe: cream biscuits&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1808"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1808"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1810,"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1808\/revisions\/1810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}