Filed under: Food I Make, Random Foodie Thoughts | Tags: biscuits, bread, bride's biscuits, food, life, recipes, soul food, truman capote
In my attempt to make soul food over Christmas break, I found a neat little paperback cookbook with recipes in it from the family of Truman Capote. While I am not a fan of his, I am now a fan of the cookbook which has lots of stories to accompany the recipes, or receipts as they are also called in the book.
I have made several things from the book, and one of my favorites is this snazzy little biscuit recipe called Bride’s Biscuits.
The recipe is quite simple: 1/2 cup of softened butter, 1 cup of flour, and 3 ounces of softened cream cheese. These three things are blended together into a dough. Roll the dough out onto a floured surface and press out the biscuits. Bake at 350 for fifteen minutes.
I made my biscuits into tiny bite-size pieces. They were so small, as a matter of fact, that I used the top of a spice jar as my biscuit cutter. The smell was delicious-a cross between a short bread cookie and a biscuit. They were flat but fluffy on the inside.
I liked them, but if I were to make them again, I would make them a little bigger so they would have an even thicker and fluffy center.
This soul food stuff just might be worth it.
Filed under: Food I Make | Tags: biscuits, Crawfish, easy recipes, food, recipes
I made this recipe for Christmas, and it was a hit and a half.
I made it again recently, and everyone loved it.
It was really easy, and it was warm and gooey in a good way.
It is not an original, but I wanted to share it anyway…
Here it is-
1/2 c white wine. I used cooking wine.
2 green onions, chopped
1 package of Alouette garlic and herb spreadable cheese. I find this at our Kroger in the deli and not with the regular cheese.
1 16 oz jar of plain Alfredo. I used the store brand both times, and it was fine.
1 package of crawfish tails, thawed if frozen
Biscuits, baked, two for each person
In a medium pot, heat the wine and onions for about three minutes. Then, pile in everything else but the biscuits. Warm until everything is combined well and warmed through.
In a bowl for each person, split a biscuit. Spoon the crawfish mixture over the biscuit until the biscuit is coated.
Lather, rinse, repeat.
I could not begin to count how many different recipes I tried this Christmas. I made some good things, and I made some not so hot things. This recipe is the one people are still talking about in a good way. That makes me excited that we enjoyed something so much.
The recipe is a keeper.
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