It makes me shudder at the thought of recommending this recipe. We are serious advocates of cooking from scratch and frown on the use of packaged, processed food. However, we accept that there are times when you do not have the time or energy to cook from scratch. And, we recognize that there are some that are new to cooking and need the simplest no-fail recipes. So...here it is.

If you can not make great biscuits using this recipe you are probable too dangerous to be around a stove.

On the other hand, if you want to make traditional Southern biscuits go to our Southern Biscuits Recipe.

Ingredients

* 2 1/2 cups baking mix (Bisquick is popular but you can use your favorite)
* 1 cup, more or less, heavy cream (whipping cream)

Directions

1. Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees F.
2. Place baking mix in a large bowl and slowly add cream while stirring.
3. When the mix forms a tacky dough that pulls away from the sides of the bowl, roll out dough on a flat, floured surface. The dough should be tacky, not sticky wet or crumbly dry. You may need more or less than the 1 cup of cream.
4. Roll out dough to about 1 inch thickness and cut our biscuits with a 2 inch biscuit cutter.
5. If you have parchment paper, line a cookie sheet with the paper. If not, skip this step.
6. Place the cut out biscuits on an ungreased cookie sheet and put in the pre-heated oven.
7. Bake until the tops just start to turn brown (8-12 minutes).
8. Very gently, use a spatula to turn the biscuits over.
9. Bake until the biscuit tops (which are now facing down) are brown.
10. Break open one biscuit and check if inside is done to your liking. If not, bake another 2-3 minutes or until inside of biscuits are what you want.

Note: The heavy cream makes the biscuits very most and...well, creamy inside. So step 10 above is important. Some people do not like the moist inside and prefer a dry cake-like texture.
Note 2: In step 8 above, be very gentle in turning the biscuits. If the first biscuit you turn collapses (deflates) do not attempt to turn the other biscuits. Just reduce heat to 350 degrees F. and bake a few more minutes as they are.

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