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Monday, October 26, 2009

Baby Butterball Chive Biscuits



While I was baking these biscuits today I could hear my husband teaching our daughters the rules of football. You see, my husband loves football, but unfortunately he married a girl that doesn't care for it much. I encourage him to watch and will even make him "game" food, but unfortunately the sound of the crowd cheering in the background always puts me to sleep. He realized early in our marriage that football wouldn't be something we would share and since it takes many, many hours each weekend to watch a game he, yes he, told me he would like to fold laundry during the games so he isn’t sitting on the couch for hours “getting nothing done.” So, every Saturday afternoon you will find me washing huge mounds of laundry and piling them up in the living room for him to fold during his Sunday game. Did I get a great guy or what?


Recently our daughters have shown an interest in watching football and Pete is thrilled. They are still trying to learn the rules, so there is lots of pausing to answer questions. Sometimes I can hear a bit of frustration in his voice (b/c he keeps getting interrupted over and over) but he told me the other day he looks at it as investing, and hopefully he will get one of the girls in our family to be his football buddy. I hope for his sake he does.

While the biscuits were coming out of the oven, Pete and the girls walked through the kitchen every once in a while popped a few warm biscuits in their mouth. There aren't many whole wheat recipes you can make in less than 30 minutes. When I made these the other night, I am embarrassed to say that we ate the entire two pans! (In case you're wondering, that is about 50 biscuits. And yes, I was working hard in the gym the next morning!) It's hard to stop eating them since they are so little and can easily be popped in your mouth. The biscuits are buttery, salty, and flaky with yummy bits of chives. They go perfectly with soup, in fact, I served them with the spicy black bean soup the other night. Come to think of it, they could make a great game food too, served overflowing in a bowl on the coffee table. A great alternative to chips and dip I’d say.

Baby Butterball Chive Biscuits
Yields 40-50 biscuits

2 1/4 cups freshly milled hard wheat flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons coarse sea salt
2 sticks butter, cut into tablespoons
1 cup sour cream
1/3 cup chives, minced

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In the bowl of a food processor pulse together flour, baking powder and sea salt to combine. Add butter and pulse for 10 one second pulses. Pour mixture into large bowl and add sour cream and chives. With the back of a spatula, firmly fold the dough until it comes together and is slightly tacky.

Place dough on a floured surface and roll out until 3/4" thick. Use a small biscuit cutter to cut biscuits and place on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake for 20 minutes.

Tip: If you don’t want the mess of rolling out the dough on the counter you can use a small 1” ice cream scoop to scoop the dough right out of the bowl.

13 Comments:

Blogger Divina Pe said...

They look fantastic. How can you resist such a good butterball chive biscuits. I would like to try this soon.

October 26, 2009 at 6:45 AM  
Blogger monicajane said...

biscuits are one of my favorite things in the world and these look extraordinary. I unfortunately discovered a wheat allergy a couple of years ago so I've not figured out how to eat stuff like this again and I was never much of a baker...

these look sooo good and you've made me miss wheat today...in general I've gotten used to the problem...

I'm so naive about baking...are you familiar enough with other flours to suggest something else?

October 26, 2009 at 7:35 AM  
Blogger Jamie said...

Spicy Black Bean Soup is in the works and now these to go along with it.. yummy!! THanks for all the yummy recipes... I am loving trying them all!!!

October 26, 2009 at 8:07 AM  
Blogger Deliciously Organic said...

I wish I had another option to give you for these biscuits. I'm sure you are familiar with "Gluten-Free Girl"...if you look at some of her recipes she might have a few flours that she mixes in place of white flour. I think I'll write her and ask b/c I've been eating gluten-free about 95% of the time and would like to know how to convert.

I'll let you know if I find something out!

October 26, 2009 at 2:39 PM  
Blogger LA said...

oh man.. those look so good! and what an easy recipe! thanks :)

October 26, 2009 at 6:30 PM  
Blogger Jamie said...

YMU is all I gotta say and I will be at the gym tomorrow extra long for all of these yummy biscuits that I ate tonight at dinner.. so super easy and yummy.. thanks Carrie.. Spicy Back bean soup was yum-o as well.. The kids loved the bite sized biscuits dunked in their soup... Both are super easy to make and taste like you spent hours making them.. seriously thought I should throw some flour on my face and look like I spent all day in the kitchen to have something so easy turn out so yummy!! Thanks!!

October 26, 2009 at 8:39 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Yum! These biscuits look so buttery and delicious!

October 28, 2009 at 6:54 AM  
Anonymous lisaiscooking said...

Your biscuits look great! I can see why they were eaten so quickly. I love the use of whole wheat flour too.

October 28, 2009 at 6:55 AM  
Blogger Diana Bauman said...

These look great! I'm still in need of a grain mill ;) Christmas List!

October 28, 2009 at 8:16 AM  
Blogger Spryte said...

Those look delicious!!

He 'requested' to fold laundry during the game?!? Wow!!

Luck you!!!

October 28, 2009 at 12:30 PM  
Anonymous Erika from The Pastry Chef At Home said...

You had me at biscuits! Any biscuit recipe is a good recipe :) These look really delicious with the sour Cream and chives. I must try!

October 28, 2009 at 11:01 PM  
Blogger ~The Neaves Nest~ said...

Can't WAIT to try these!!!mmmmmm

October 30, 2009 at 6:29 AM  
Blogger biff_erin said...

Great recipes! These look wonderful! Just found you on SITS.

November 2, 2009 at 6:28 AM  

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