Lazy Sunday Biscuits

We spent most of our weekends away this summer, which means that most of our Sundays have been spent en route back to Manhattan.  We’re not complaining.  We loved tubing in the Poconos, cooking over a campfire, and having family time in Oregon, Massachusetts, and the tri-state area.  But sometimes you need a lazy Sunday morning at home. And sometimes, you need a biscuit to go with it.

Today, we had exactly that.  A lazy Sunday morning and some lazy bisuits: lazy, because the prep and cooking time combined is only 25 minutes.

It was nice.  The biscuits almost made it feel like we were at a B&B, but we were at home and that was just what we wanted.

 

Laziest Sunday Biscuits

Barely adapted from Orangette

(Makes 6)

1 cup flour

1/2 tsp salt

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

2 tsp honey

1/2 cup heavy cream

2 tbsp melted butter (with 1/2 tsp cinnamon sugar optional)

cinnamon sugar for the top of each (optional)

 

(Still very) Lazy Lemon Sunday Biscuits

Barely adapted from Orangette

(Makes 6)

1 cup flour

1/2 tsp salt

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 cup heavy cream

1 tsp sugar

1 tsp lemon zest

2 tbsp melted butter

 

We adapted both recipes from Orangette’s recipe adapted from Marion Cunningham’s original.  We split the recipe that should have made 12 biscuits in half so that we could experiment with each half.  Both recipes were delicious, and although we both leaned a little more towards the cinnamon versions we think they both had their merits.  If we opened up our restaurant for Brunch, we thought it would be nice to put these out as a bread-basket while people waited for their meal, so we’d be curious to start hearing now what people think of each one — and possible variations, of course.

On to the “how”. First, regardless of the version, preheat the oven to 425˚.  For the Laziest Sunday Biscuits add the flour, salt, and baking powder into a bowl.  Mix.  Add the honey and then slowly add the heavy cream and stir.  Combine gently.  If it seems dry then add more cream, but ours didn’t need it.

Knead the dough on a pre-floured surface, but only knead it for about one minute.

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Make the dough into a square that’s about 1/2 in thick and then cut into six rectangles.

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Place on an ungreased baking sheet.  Lather the tops and sides of the biscuits with the melted butter (with or without the cinnamon sugar mixed in).  Feel free to sprinkle some cinnamon sugar on top of the butter mixture.

Cook for 13-15 minutes or until golden brown and serve hot.

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For the slightly less, but still basically totally Lazy Lemon Sunday Biscuits, do the exact same recipe above, BUT also zest a lemon and add about 1 tsp to the flour mixture.  This is only less lazy because it adds another item to the clean up.

We thought it was a pretty perfect (if not a little lazy) way to start a Sunday.

And, on a completely unrelated note, if you decide to watch a Sunday night movie as we did, we do NOT recommend Iris.