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Buttermilk Biscuits

Grandmere’s Buttermilk Biscuits

During September, National Biscuit Month, I experimented with the Southern biscuit, the center of a perfect breakfast, the side that makes a lunch or dinner memorable. I turned out biscuits with no salt, some with way too much butter, and some with too little. I over-kneaded one batch until they were as hard as hockey […]

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Christmas Tradition: Sour Cream Coffee Cake

Mary Reporting. Sour cream, made by fermenting cream with harmless bacteria, has more uses in the kitchen than topping baked potatoes or nachos. It’s a terrific substitute for milk in cakes. Years ago, I found this coffee cake recipe in the Century of Success Cookbook: The Best Gold Medal Recipes of 100 Years, published in 1979. […]

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