This week's Tuesday with Dorie recipe is Dorie's Maple Cornmeal Biscuits, chosen by Lindsay of A Little Something ... Sweet. Now, I had a moment of cultural confusion with these, because I read "biscuit", which in my head means "cookie". Accordingly, I made these quite small, and was puzzled when they didn't spread in the oven and tasted rather plain. Then the penny dropped - an American "biscuit" is a close relative of our scones. This made the recipe less disappointing once I'd worked this out.
This also explains why I ended up with around 20 biscuits to Dorie's twelve. For my sins, because I took these to work, I had to slice and put rosella jam and cream into 20 mini biscuits. Aye carumba! However, they were delish and cute and they all got eaten - which is a massive plus.
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They look fabulous to me. I would eat all 20.
Funny, in the US, we can't get used to calling cookies biscuits! I'm not a big fan of maple, but your little biscuits with jam and cream really look delicious! Your coworkers are spoiled!
Yum cream and jam looks perfect.
I think this lok really yummy cake Law, x gloria
These are a dry biscuit and must have been delightful with the jam and cream.
this looks so yummy! i love it already:) thank you for sharing this and have a great day.
I wondered whether the name might be a bit confusing. We liked the hint of maple and the crunch of the cornmeal. Your smaller muffins sound perfect.
I know what you mean by the biscuit cookie scone confusion. I've started calling biscuits cookies and hopefully that means less confusion. Unless of course cookie has another meaning! :P
And imagine poor me non-native-english-speaking person, when it comes to cookies, biscuits, scones... I guesss I very often don't get the right shape. But I try to sell it as "creative" rather than "clueless" :o]
Yes, I can see your confusion! But jam and cream improves most everything. I'm sure they were yummy.
I have done the same with American biscuit recipes and got confused by the terminology - sounds yummy
I'm glad you were able to share these American biscuits with your co-workers! =D They look delicious, especially with the jam and cream.
i never think to make mini biscuits, but these look great@!
Buttercreambarbie
Oh, yours are so fluffy! They look good with the jam and cream.
I always get confused with these terms and haven't figured them all out yet. The scones look delish and since I haven't made scones or biscuits before have to put them in my list to try.
They look so good with that yummy filling in them!!
They look wonderful - love the filling! :)
Because I am an American living in the UK the whole biscuit/cookie/scone thing has always been confusing... but I'll tell you this much, its all good LOL.
*kisses* HH
That must have been so confusing! I'm glad you still enjoyed them, though.
What ever you call them, they look delicious!
Jam and cream sounds fabulous! I had a ton of crumbs from my half batch, so you must have been up to your elbows in them! I've never had rosella jam, but I imagine it's a bit tart, if it's anything like the drink I've had made with the dried flowers. Yum!
They look so good with the jam and cream. Great idea!
Those look delicious! These could be my new shortbread biscuits.
Mary, you're right. It is tart. A contrast to the cream!
cute! i bet these were delicious!
A biscuit sandwich...those look great. Thanks for baking along with me!
20 sounds like a good number for a quick easy snack.
Biscuits = Cookies. Scones = biscuits. How confusing is that!!??
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