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Quick and Easy Cream Biscuits

Name: Quick and Easy Cream Biscuits
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: 2 cups, unbleached all-purpose flour, plus extra for the counter; 2 teaspoons, granulated sugar; 2 teaspoons, baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon, table salt; 1 1/2 cups, heavy cream

Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 2000, America's Test Kitchen TV

With high rise and light texture, biscuits made with a simple combination of heavy cream, flour, baking powder, and salt beat out more complicated recipes.

YIELD Makes 8 2½-Inch Biscuits

TIME 35 minutes

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2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour, plus extra for the counter

2 teaspoons granulated sugar

½ teaspoon table salt

1 ½ cups heavy cream

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Before You Begin

These biscuits come together in a flash and require no special equipment.

Instructions

Adjust oven rack to upper-middle position and heat oven to 450 degrees. Line baking sheet with parchment paper.

Whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in medium bowl. Stir in the cream with a wooden spoon until dough forms, about 30 seconds. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured counter and gather into a ball. Knead the dough briefly until smooth, about 30 seconds.

Shape the dough into a 3/4-inch-thick circle. Following illustrations below, cut biscuits into rounds or wedges. Place rounds or wedges on parchment-lined baking sheet. (The baking sheet can be wrapped in plastic wrap and refrigerated for up to 2 hours.) Bake until golden brown, about 15 minutes, rotating baking sheet halfway through baking.

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