Have you ever tried an angel biscuit? A post over at Please Pass the Pie just reminded us of these wonderful morsels. While we love just about every sort of biscuit known to man, these are especially delicious and irresistible, and here's why.
Angel biscuits are quite similar to regular old biscuits, but with one exception: they have yeast! They're like the perfect cross between a flaky biscuit and a yeasted dinner roll.
They have shortening (or butter) in them, cut in just like you do with regular biscuits. But then you add a packet of yeast with the buttermilk, and let them rise a bit before cutting them out. The result? A very, very fine baked good.
My mother used to make these to go along with fall suppers of beef stew and green beans. We always fell upon them like a ravening horde; there were never any angel biscuits left over! Have you ever tried them? If you'd like to, the recipe is over at Please Pass the Pie.
• Get the recipe: Angel Biscuits at Please Pass the Pie
Related: Touch of Grace Biscuits
(Image: Abbie of Please Pass the Pie)
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Oh yes. My mother made these every year for Christmas. Love love love.
Thanks! I am on a big biscuit kick lately.
I have to have these.
I have made them several times. Use butter!
And insert with a slice of country ham & pepper jelly!
Never heard of them. I feel so deprived. WHERE have these been all my life?
Angel biscuits are one of my old standards too, love them!
The dough is a cinch, adaptable to lots of variations, and really resilient -- you can make a big batch and the dough stays fresh in the fridge for a week (it continues to rise slowly). You then can have freshly baked biscuits at a moment's notice all through the week.
it is called 'pogácsa' in Hungarian, and a very traditional food in Central-Eastern Europe.
there are million of versions:
- w potato (sound strange, but the best combination)
- w cheese on top
- w seeds
- w cottage cheese
- w fat (yes, actually fried fat, not so bad either, healthy, I don't think so)
and so on.
usually we make it as a salty snack, or to guests, when we drink a little bit of wine and have something to dry up the alcohol with (or palinka actually)
also, for eg. I have a big version of the cheese pogacsa every morning as a breakfast..
if any interest, I can submit some recipes:-)
Thanks for posting, Faith!
These look just like scones to me! (The photo)