Tudor biscuit recipe

In this new series called Tudor Meals, we will be making and taste testing Tudor recipes for you. This month we baked Shrewsbury biscuits! This treat was enjoyed in Tudor times by wealthy people, because it includes ingredients such as cinnamon and sugar.

How gorgeous do these look? First, a kind of disclaimer. This is one of the recipes I adapted quite a bit to fit in with modern cooking met...

Every search for what it means to be West Virginian ends where the biscuit sandwich (allegedly) began

I’ve been making biscuits since I was nine years old, and I make good biscuits! Just ask my workshop attendees! They come sneaking back to the table to grab just one more when I start putting breakfast away so we can go milking. The type of biscuits I make come from my Oklahoma grandmother. My...Read More

Tudor week on The Great British Bake Off was a bit underwhelming. I was expecting huge banquet levels of food and enough meat to give the whole country gout. Instead, there was the fairly obligator…

Best Food Choices While Gold Panning Last month, we shared a recipe for "Hangtown Fry" (link to prev. blog), a popular miner meal. This month, we’re back with another traditional recipe for miners: Hard Tack Biscuits. Hard tack bread was commonplace during the 49er gold rush, since its ingredients were relatively easy to acquire. As their name suggests, hard tack biscuits are traditionally hard and dry, and they’re definitely worth a try! Interested in learning more about how your…

I’ve been making biscuits since I was nine years old, and I make good biscuits! Just ask my workshop attendees! They come sneaking back to the table to grab just one more when I start putting breakfast away so we can go milking. The type of biscuits I make come from my Oklahoma grandmother. My...Read More

A glimpse into our great-grandmother's kitchen, these cake-like, light golden biscuits are easily prepared and quickly devoured no matter what you are serving with them.

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