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Saturday, March 10, 2012

FFWD-saint-germain-des-pres onion biscuits

Wow, that's a really fancy name for a simple biscuit; albeit a bit of a fancy version.  I elected to make these to serve with our chili on this cold, rainy evening here in N. Tx.
 Yes, I teared up
 Doxie sous chefs tussling-they get banished from the kitchen!
 Ok- it is Sat. night- cocktail "thyme"
 Pleasing enough?
But barely puffy??
I did the onion thing & even minced up a little thyme  to add in.   All seemed to go pretty well with the mixing- I used a tiny smidge of extra milk to gather it up, patted it out in a rectangle &  cut out some cute square biscuits with my pizza cutter.   Yeah, that seemed pretty simple & ever so much quicker than the round cutters.  I popped those little dudes in the oven & out they emerged 18 min. later- pretty much the same height as they were before baking??  I dunno.....I did like their crunch & very pleasing flavor, though.
To read about the fun the other FFWD bakers had with this recipe please link to

LYL: saint-germain-des-pres onion biscuits


9 comments:

  1. I did not get mine to rise either, but they were good. Your
    idea of adding the thyme was interesting, I'm sure the flavor
    was wonderful.
    Love the photo of the sous chefs, adorable.

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    1. Thank you, they are my little entertainers, for sure.

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  2. I think biscuits decide whether or not they want to rise. Mysterious creatures, they are...
    Cocktail thyme... clever

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    1. So true. Perhaps the barometric pressure, humidity, etc. etc.

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  3. MIne did not rise too much. I chalked it up to my twisting the biscuit cutters while working on them. I love the square shape - perfect for sandwiches!

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    1. Hummmm, perhaps that could have something to do with it? Seems like I read something about the way you cut them out.

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  4. Mmmm....thyme next time. Cute pups!!!

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    1. Thank you- we do have fun in the kitchen (that is when they behave).

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  5. good idea to just cut with a pizza cutter!

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