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Chocolate Monkey Bread

Jennifer — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:37:54 +0000

Read and see more at Bake or Break. Recipe from Paula Deen.

1 & 3/4 cups granulated sugar
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 cup butter, melted
2 12-ounce cans refrigerated biscuits, cut into fourths

Preheat oven to 350°. Lightly grease/spray a 10-cup Bundt pan.

Combine sugar, cocoa, and cinnamon. Set aside.

Dip quartered biscuits into melted butter. Dredge in sugar mixture. Layer biscuits in pan.

Bake for about 1 hour. Cover with aluminum foil, if necessary, to avoid excess browning.

Cool in pan 10 minutes. Invert onto plate and serve.

Quick Sticky Biscuits

Jennifer — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 05:32:15 +0000

Read and see more about these decadent biscuits at Bake or Break.

Pecan Sauce

1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup dark corn syrup
3/4 cup unsalted butter
1 & 1/2 cups chopped pecans, toasted

Spray a 9″x 13″ pan with cooking spray. Set aside.

Place brown sugar, corn syrup, and butter in a saucepan. Cook over low heat. When butter is melted, increase heat to high and bring to a gentle boil. Cook 3-5 minutes, until thickened. Stir in pecans. Pour into pan and spread evenly. Set aside.

Biscuits

4 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 & 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 cup very cold or frozen unsalted butter, cut into 16 pieces
1 & 1/2 to 2 cups buttermilk

Preheat oven to 425°.

Sift together twice the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Cut in the butter using a pastry blender. Blend until mixture mostly looks like coarse crumbs, with some of the butter the size of small peas.

Make a shallow well in the center of the flour mixture. Pour in 1 & 1/2 cups of buttermilk. Blend with a fork to form a soft dough. If dough is too dry, add the remaining 1/2 cup of buttermilk.

Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface. Knead a few times, then pat into a 3/4-inch thick rectangle. Using a sharp knife, cut the dough into 12 square biscuits.

Topping

1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted

Stir together sugar and cinnamon. Brush the tops of the biscuits with about half of the melted butter. Sprinkle with about half of the cinnamon-sugar.

Place the biscuits, cinnamon-sugar side down into the pan. Brush the tops (that were the bottoms) of the biscuits with remaining butter and sprinkle with remaining cinnamon-sugar.

Bake about 15-17 minutes. The biscuits should be golden brown and puffy, and the pecan sauce should be bubbling around the biscuits.

Cool slightly, then invert onto a serving plate. Remove pan to allow sauce to fall around the biscuits. Scrape any remaining sauce from the pan onto the biscuits. Serve immediately.

Make 12 biscuits.

Cream Cheese Biscuits & Chocolate Gravy

Jennifer — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 05:25:21 +0000

Biscuit recipe from Paula Deen. Read about it here.

Cream Cheese Biscuits

2 cups Bisquick
4 ounces cream cheese, softened
1 tablespoon (approximate) milk

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Combine Bisquick and cream cheese with a pastry blender. Add enough milk to moisten mixture. On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to desired thickness. Cut out biscuits and place on greased/sprayed baking sheet. Bake for 12 to 15 miuntes or until browned.

Chocolate Gravy

1/3 cup sugar
1 & 1/2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 & 1/2 tablespoons cocoa
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

In a small saucepan over medium heat, whisk together sugar, flour, cocoa, milk, and water. While stirring constantly, bring to a boil. Continue stirring until thickened. Stir in butter and vanilla.

Paula Deen’s Basic Biscuits

Jennifer — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 18:35:17 +0000

Recipe from The Lady & Sons Savannah Country Cookbook. Read about them here.

1 package yeast
1/2 cup lukewarm water
5 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon baking powder
2 tablespoons sugar
3/4 cup shortening
2 cups buttermilk

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Dissolve yeast in water and set aside.
Mix together flour, baking soda, salt, baking powder, and sugar. Cut shortening into the dry ingredients. Mix in yeast and buttermilk.
On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to desired thickness. Cut out with a biscuit cutter. Place biscuits on a greased/sprayed baking sheet. Bake for about 12 minutes. Yields about 3 dozen biscuits.