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Quaker Bonnet Biscuits

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Quaker Bonnet Biscuits

Great breakfast for on the go or at home. 
Course Breakfast
Keyword Biscut
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Rising time 35 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 18 Biscuits

Ingredients

  • 1 cup whole milk
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 package rapid-rise yeast or instant yeast
  • 4 cups all-purpose flour plus extra for work surface
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 ½ teaspoons table salt
  • 8 tablespoons unsalted butter 1-stick, cut into 1/2-inch pieces and chilled, plus 1 additional tablespoon, melted (for assembling biscuits)

Instructions

  • Adjust oven racks to upper-middle and lower-middle positions and heat oven to 200 degrees. Once oven reaches 200 degrees, maintain temperature for 10 minutes, then turn off oven.
  • Stir milk, egg, and yeast together in large measuring cup until combined.
  • Process flour, sugar, and salt in food processor until combined. Add chilled butter and pulse until mixture looks like coarse cornmeal, about fifteen 1-second pulses. Transfer to large bowl.
  • Stir in milk mixture until dough comes together. Turn dough out onto lightly floured work surface. Briefly knead to bring dough together, about 1 minute, adding more flour if necessary. Following steps 1 through 4 below, roll, cut, and assemble biscuits on parchment-lined baking sheets. Cover with kitchen towels and place in warm oven. Let rise until doubled in size, 25 to 35 minutes.
  • Remove baking sheets with biscuits from oven and heat oven to 375 degrees; return baking sheets to oven once it is fully preheated. Bake biscuits until golden brown, about 15 minutes, rotating and switching baking sheets halfway through baking time. Serve hot or warm.

How to Assemble Quaker Bonnet Biscuits

  • Roll the dough into a 12-inch round.
  • Cut out eighteen 2 1/2-inch circles, 3/4 inch thick, and place them on parchment-lined baking sheets.
  • Lightly brush larger dough rounds with melted butter.
  • Place one smaller round slightly off center on top of each larger round.

Notes

Makes 18 To make these biscuits without a food processor, freeze the sticks of butter until hard and then grate them into the dry ingredients using the large holes of a box grater. Toss gently with your hands to evenly distribute the butter, and proceed with the recipe.

We are a sophisticated group, my friends and family. Friday night we got tipsy off of boxed wine and did Karaoke…. Karaoke that we thought sounded GREAT but probably in reality was not so much. Saturday, some of us Kathy had to recover from said boxed wine. Sunday, the purchaser of the boxed wine was over hanging out while the hubbies were out watching football. I was determined to get some baking done, but got more chatting done instead.

One of the recipes I made was from a little magazine called Cook’s Country. My friend (and talented photographer) Julie had given me a couple of issues awhile back and when I saw the recipe for Quaker Bonnet Biscuits, I bookmarked it to try at a future date.

Well, that day was yesterday. As Sara and I were chatting the timer for the oven went off and I pulled out the tray of Quaker Bonnet Biscuits. Setting them on the counter, Sara and I both looked at them…not quite seeing the “bonnets”. As we continued to stare, it suddenly came to me. “Boobs! These biscuits look nothing like bonnets. They look like boobs! I am going to call this ‘boob bread’.”  Sara went on to say not just any boobs…but pregnant boobs.

Of course, when the hubbies came in, we offered them some “boob bread” and many more sophisticated comments came out of their mouths. I’ll spare you the details.

If you can get past the boobs and get on with the bonnets, this bread recipe is really a good one! It is more like a dense bread roll consistency rather than a biscuit. The recipe can be completed in about an hour, which is a great thing for those of you who like homemade bread with your dinner but don’t have the time to spend hours on it after work!

Bring a little sophistication to your table tonight. Give this boob bread… oops..I mean, Quaker Bonnet Biscuits a try!

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Comments

  1. lululu says

    i genuinely love the name "boob bread"!!!!! it makes eating the bread so sexy!!!!

    btw, thanking for stopping by. just kinda busy lately with work. gotta rush some projects b4 holiday season. 😀

  2. Deborah says

    I got a laugh out of that – my husband would have definitely seen the boobs in this bread! Sounds like a great time!

  4. holler says

    Well, I was looking at your photo and thinking good photo and also thinking how many times can I tell this girl that her photos are great, then you made me laugh like mad! Good post!

  7. Claire says

    Um…ALL of the guys in my class would have SO seen boobs, too! I don’t see bonnets, but I could see one of those hats that the Quaker men wear. Hmmm…

  8. Lisa : ) says

    You certainly cracked me up today, Mrs. Sophisticated!
    🙂
    Wait–does that mean you married into sophistication….?
    😉

  10. Patricia Scarpin says

    Krisnten, you are too much for me, my dear – I have tears in my eyes for laughing so hard!
    I can imagine the polite comments my husband would make if I ever offered him some boob bread. 🙂

  13. Anne says

    Looks like you got a boob in your bonnet. Rimshot!

    They do look quite delectable. I’ll bet they’re great washed down with boxed wine.

  20. julie says

    okay, how funny is that. i’m crackin’ up over these bisquits. I hope my grandfather sees this post. he passed the magazine to me. he’ll think that’s a hoot!

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