Cheese Biscuits, 350 oven for 20 min
2 cups of all purpose flour
3/4 cup of butter
1 teaspoon of salt
black pepper about 1/4 teaspoon and (cayenne pepper for the tops before baking)
3/4 lb. old cheddar cheese, (about 2 cups)
milk
cut butter into dry ingredients with a pastry blender or 2 table knives until the size of dry rice, add cheese, add milk to make a sticky fairly dry dough
Put small teaspoon fulls on a parchment lined baking pan, push down with your fingers, they don't spread, top with a sprinkle of cayenne pepper, bake at 350, for 20 min. until brown.
Tasty little devils….
ENGLISH
CREAM SCONES (Ian Lacey)
From
Five Roses Flour cookbook
About
8 scones
2
cups all purpose flour
1
tbsp sugar
1
tbsp baking powder
1/2
tsp salt
1/4
cup shortening (I use shortening/butter 50/50)
2
eggs
1/2
cup milk or light cream
Preheat
oven to 450°
Combine
dry ingredients, cut in shortening to consistency of coarse cornmeal
Reserve
a little egg white to brush over top
Beat
eggs until light, stir in milk
Make
well and add liquid all at once
Stir
vigorously til comes freely away from bowl
Pat
to about 3/4” thickness, cut to shape (circles, triangles, squares)
Ungreased
cooked sheet
Brush
tops with beaten egg white and sprinkle with sugar
12
to 15 min
Variations
Raisins:
soak and add to dry ingredients
Cheese:
no sugar, grate and add to dry ingredients
POTATO
PANCAKES (Ian Lacey)
This
came to our family from German visitors to Norman Farm
1
potato makes enough for 2 people as part of a breakfast
1
potato (Yukon Gold or baking)
1
tbsp flour
Generous
pinch each of dry mustard, salt, pepper
Grate
potato into water, rinse a few times, pat dry
This
is mainly so they don’t oxidize
You
can skip this if you are cooking right away
Mix
Hot
frypan with some oil and butter
Small
handfuls, then press flat with a spoon
Variations
Serve
with sour cream, dill and smoked salmon
Add
Tobasco sauce
Eastern
Europeans add grated onion and/or a beaten egg (latkes)
