Busy day at the Hootenanny today! I've been scrounging around for days looking for a blog post that isn't just ho-hum! So I found a recipe from a Better Homes & Garden 1973 Homemade Bread Cookbook for Pecan Tea Biscuits and thought I would try them out for breakfast this morning.
Pecan Tea Biscuits ~
In mixing bowl stir to combine thoroughly 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, 3 tablespoons sugar, 2 teaspoons baking powder, and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Cut in 1/4 shortening till mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Combine 1 beaten egg and 3/4 cup milk; add all at once to dry mixture, stirring just till dough clings together. Stir in 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans. Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls onto greased baking sheet. Combine 2 tablespoons sugar and 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon; sprinkle over biscuits. Bake at 425 for 8 to 10 minutes. Makes 36 biscuits.
Of course I had to manipulate the recipe to make them whole wheat, so here's my take . . .
Whole Wheat Pecan Tea Biscuits ~
1 3/4 cups soft white wheat flour, freshly ground (started with a little less than a cup of berries)
3 tablespoons unbleached, all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/4 cup coconut oil
1 beaten egg
3/4 cup milk
1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
I mixed it according to the directions above. I made these bigger drops than the teaspoon drop they recommended - more like biscuit size. About 14.
Well the batter seemed REALLY wet (not exactly "drop" consistency) and thus I added the extra flour. It seemed better . . . but as soon as I popped these in the oven they became like pancakes! (Left side of photo) They tasted good, but were kind of hard on the eyes! ;-) Oh well, I decided maybe I wouldn't blog about them after all.
So, school as usual . . . ran my son to his Nana's to mow . . . cleaning, dishes, laundry . . . and I realized I was out of dishwasher detergent AND laundry powder. For the past three months I have been using Doterra Essential Oils and have been replacing store bought cleaners/soaps with homemade . . . see a post on this soon!!! So I threw together a couple of batches . . .
By dinnertime, that Pecan Tea Biscuit recipe was STILL nagging at me. So after dinner I was going to try them again. When I started I was truly just going to make the same recipe, but with more flour adjustment. I had good intentions, truly I did, I'm not sure what came over me, but what came out was more like . . . DESSERT! Introducing
Double Chocolate Pecan Tea "Cakes" (I'm sorry but these things are NOT biscuits)
1 3/4 cups soft white wheat flour
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup unbleached flour
1/4 cup cocoa
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoons sea salt
1/4 cup coconut oil
1 beaten egg
3/4 cup milk
1/4 cup finely chopped pecans
1/4 cup mini chocolate chips
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
I mixed these the same as the directions above and dropped them about biscuit size again.
Now I know that we are usually our own worst enemy . . . I STILL was not happy with how flat they were, or how they spread out on the pan. Nor was I happy with the overall consistency. If these are supposed to be biscuits then I felt they needed to be drier - denser maybe. They were so flat they could have been cookies, but again the consistency wasn't right for a cookie either. They were truly the consistency of cake. Again they tasted GREAT!! Oh well . . . I don't dare try these again today! :D
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