Baking Powder Biscuits Or Cinnamon Rolls Recipes

CINNAMON RAISIN BISCUITS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, sugar, cinnamon and salt. Cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add milk and raisins; stir just until combined. , Turn dough onto a floured surface. Knead just until smooth, about 2 minutes. Roll to 1/2-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 2-1/2-in. round biscuit cutter; place on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 450° for 12-15 minutes or until golden. , Meanwhile, combine icing ingredients. Drizzle over warm biscuits.

CINNAMON BISCUIT ROLLS

Steps:

• Generously grease an 8x11 or 9x13 inch baking pan with butter.
• Cream 1/3 cup butter or margarine with the brown sugar and cinnamon.
• In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
• Cut in 1/4 cup butter or margarine until crumbly.
• Make a well in center of dry ingredients.
• Add cold milk all at once.
• Stir to form a soft dough.
• Turn dough out onto a lightly floured board.
• Knead 8 times- do NOT overknead!
• (This will make the biscuit dough tough.) Roll dough into rectangle about 12 inches long and 6 inches wide.
• Spread the cinnamon, sugar and butter mixture over the entire surface of the dough.
• Roll up as you would a jelly roll.
• Mark, and then cut 12 slices with a serrated knife.
• Place in greased pan.
• Rolls will touch slightly.
• Bake at 400 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown and bubbling.
• Turn out onto a wire rack to cool.
• (Line underneath the rack with paper towels to catch the gooey drippings).
• Combine the confectioners' sugar with the vanilla, and then add enough milk to make a thin glaze.
• Drizzle this over the rolls while still warm.
• Eat with a cup of tea or coffee and expect rave reviews from friends and family!

BISCUIT CINNAMON ROLLS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter the bottom of an 8-inch round or square baking pan and sprinkle with 2 tablespoons brown sugar.
• Combine white sugar, cinnamon, 2 tablespoons brown sugar, and vanilla extract in a bowl. Mix filling well.
• Combine confectioners' sugar and milk for glaze in another bowl until well mixed.
• Separate biscuits and roll or punch down each one until flat. Coat with melted butter and sprinkle each with filling mixture to coat. Roll up each piece of dough and cut in 1/2, placing each cut-side down into the prepared pan, yielding 20 pieces.
• Bake in the preheated oven until biscuit portion on top of rolls begins to brown, about 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and glaze.

BAKING POWDER BISCUITS OR CINNAMON ROLLS

Steps:

• 1. Mix and sift together in a bowl: flour, baking powder, salt
• 2. Cut butter into these ingredients with a pastry blender (or fork)
• 3. When butter is size of small peas add milk all at once
• 4. Toss with a fork until all flour is dampened.
• 5. Press into a ball working in all of the crumbs
• 6. Roll lightly to 1/2 inch thickness and cut with floured biscuit cutter (or empty can)
• 7. Place on greased pan and bake at 450 for 10-12 minutes
• 8. FOR CINNAMON ROLLS -- roll dough thinner, spread with soft butter and sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon (can mix the b-sugar and cin. together first for more even coverage)
• 9. Roll up as for jelly roll, and cut in even slices
• 10. Bake in greased pan at 450 for 18-20 min

BAKING POWDER BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450.
• Grease on 8-inch square baking pan or small baking sheet.
• Put the flour, baking powder and salt into a large mixing bowl. Add the vegetable shortening and toss it to coat with the flour. Break the chunk into 5 or 6 smaller chunks and start rubbing the flour and shortening together with your fingers and letting the mixture fall back into the bowl. This does not take long; when the mixture looks like irregular lumps you have mixed enough.
• Add the milk all at once and stir to moisten all the flour and shortening. Dust a surface with flour, turn the dough onto the surface and knead the dough ten times.
• Pat the dough into a circle about 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch thick. Cut the biscuits with a two-inch cookie cutter and place on the prepared pan with a little space between the biscuits.
• Bake 15-18 minutes or until the tops are lightly browned.
• Serve hot with butter and honey.

ON-THE-GO CINNAMON BISCUIT ROLLS

Steps:

• Dissolve yeast, 1/4 cup warm water, 1/2 tsp sugar in a small measuring cup, let sit for 10 minutes.
• In food processor mix together flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, 1/2 cup butter. Pulse until a fine crumb forms.
• Transfer to mixing bowl, add yeast mixture and buttermilk.
• Mix just until form a ball, turn out onto a floured surface. Knead 8 times, do not over knead or dough will be tough.
• On a lightly floured board. Roll into a 18x6 inch rectangle.
• Spread with softened butter sprinkle brown sugar over surface then sprinkle with cinnamon (if using the ground pecans, top next).
• Roll up like you would a jelly roll, cut into 12 equal parts.
• Place rolls into a muffin cup baking pan lined with paper cups.
• Bake at 400°F for 15-18 minutes.
• Let cool in pan for 5 minutes before moving to cooling rack.

CINNAMON ROLL BISCUITS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda. Combine the buttermilk, oil and vanilla; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened (dough will be sticky)., Turn onto a well-floured surface; knead 8-10 times. Roll out dough into a 15x9-in. rectangle. Spread butter to within 1/2 in. of edges. Combine the sugar, cinnamon, cardamom and pecans if desired; sprinkle over butter. Roll up jelly-roll style, starting with a long side; pinch seam to seal. Cut into 1-1/2-in. slices., Place 1 in. apart on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Bake at 400° for 20-25 minutes until lightly browned., Meanwhile, in small bowl, combine the confectioners' sugar, vanilla and enough milk to achieve a drizzling consistency. Drizzle over warm biscuits. Serve immediately.

MOM'S BAKING POWDER BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• In a bowl mix the flour, baking powder and salt. Add the shortening and mix until in little pieces. Add milk a little at a time and mix until it forms a ball.
• Roll out on floured board to 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch thick. Cut out in desired size and dip in melted shortening. Place biscuits on an ungreased baking sheet.
• Bake at 450 degrees F (230 degrees C) for 12 to 15 minutes.
• Variation: For shortcakes add 2 tablespoons for sugar to the dough and roll dough out to 1/2 inch thick.