June 14, 2009: Butterscotch Biscuits

posted on Orangette a few months ago, a spider web log that had already supplied us amongst one winning dinner that week. I was (gasp!) a footling weary of chocolate. And then, instead of chocolate, these were studded amongst pecans, which I already had sitting happily inward the pantry.

The biscuit dough comes together quite easily but needs careful surveillance 1 time inward the oven. The full general consensus over at Orangette seems to survive that the duo tablespoons of milk pulverization increase its browning too crisping properties, too there's non a long interval betwixt pleasantly chocolate-brown too burnt. It's worth striving for that perfect hue, though, 'cause the biscuits I undercooked didn't prepare quite the same complexity. Molly is right, though - they all amend amongst age, hence relieve around for later. The biggest challenge on that front end is that the uncooked dough is 1 of the loveliest I've sampled.

Butterscotch biscuits
(seen at Orangette, who credits them to The Tenth Muse past times Judith Jones)

1 3/4 cups evidently flour
1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
200g butter, softened
1 1/4 cups chocolate-brown sugar
1 egg
2 tablespoons milk powder
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 loving cup pecans, finely chopped

Preheat the oven to 190°C. Line 1 or ii baking trays amongst newspaper too lightly spray them amongst oil.

In a modest bowl, stir together the flour, bicarb soda too salt.

In a larger bowl, cream together the butter too carbohydrate using an electrical mixer. Beat inward the egg, milk pulverization too vanilla. Gradually shell inward the flour mixture, too then flexure inward the pecans past times hand.

Drop spoonfuls of the mixture onto the baking tray, leaving enough of infinite betwixt dollops. Molly suggests pressing the dough drops into circles - I didn't create this but you lot powerfulness similar to if you lot desire crisp biscuits. Bake the biscuits for 8-10 minutes, until they're lightly chocolate-brown all over (watch them carefully to ensure they don't burn).