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Biscuits and Games

Well, I had sworn off trying ANOTHER biscuit recipe.  But I can always try another 🙂  We had biscuits and sausage for dinner one day and I needed something quick to throw together.

In the meantime, I tried these SmartGames in the classroom and the kids loved them!  They were asking to play them again and again – especially Quadrillion.  Color Code was a little too easy for some of my advanced math students.  But I think most elementary students would enjoy and benefit from the layers of the color code.  These games are GREAT for building that logical reasoning and spatial intelligence.  I know some kids in my class in the past that struggled with regular classwork, but they excelled and surpassed all expectations when given a spatial reasoning task.

Penguins on Ice
Color Code
Quadrillion
Trucky 3

So now we are done with playing games – here are the biscuits!  These are very similar to most of my recipes, but the egg was so good and made them so tall and fluffy!   Happy Baking!

Biscuits and Games
 
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Serves: 12 biscuits
Ingredients
  • 12 ounces white whole wheat flour (3 cups flour, but I recommend weighing for accuracy)
  • 2 and ½ tsp. baking powder
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp kosher salt
  • 8 Tb cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
  • 1 egg
  • 1 scant cup buttermilk
  • 1 T honey
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment or spray with cooking spray.
  2. In a great big bowl, mix your dry stuff together: flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
  3. Once mixed, add the butter around the dry mixture. Mix in with a pastry cutter, forks or your fingers. It should look like coarse crumbs.
  4. Stir the egg, buttermilk and honey together (I just added it all in the buttermilk measuring cup).
  5. Add the buttermilk mixture to the flour mixture. Stir with a spatula until just combined.
  6. Sprinkle a little flour on your counter and put the dough on it. Turn it over and knead 3 or 4 times.
  7. Now roll out until ¾" thick. Cut with a biscuit cutter (or cut into squares with a knife).
  8. Bake 20 minutes or until golden brown. Serve while warm
Notes
Based on King Arthur Flour Whole Grain Bacon Ranch Biscuits
https://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/whole-grain-bacon-ranch-biscuits-recipe

 

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