Best 9 Heavy Cream Biscuits Recipes

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Welcome to the world of delectable baking! If you're craving fluffy, golden brown biscuits with a tender, flaky texture and a rich, creamy flavor, then heavy cream biscuits are the perfect treat for you. Whether you're a seasoned baker or a novice in the kitchen, this article will guide you through the steps of creating heavenly heavy cream biscuits that will tantalize your taste buds and leave you wanting more. So, gather your ingredients, preheat your oven, and get ready to embark on a delightful culinary adventure as we explore the secrets behind the perfect heavy cream biscuit.

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HEAVY CREAM BISCUITS



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America's Test Kitchen; cream biscuits contain no butter. The fat needed to make these biscuits tender comes from the heavy cream--do not substitute a lower fat product.

Provided by ratherbeswimmin

Categories     Breads

Time 37m

Yield 8 biscuits

Number Of Ingredients 5

2 cups all-purpose flour (10 oz.)
2 teaspoons sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups heavy cream

Steps:

  • Position oven rack in the upper-middle position; preheat to 450°; line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • Whisk the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt together in a big bowl.
  • Stir in the cream with a wooden spoon until a dough forms, about 30 seconds.
  • Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and gather into a ball.
  • Knead the dough briefly until smooth, about 30 seconds.
  • Pat the dough into an 8-inch round, about 3/4-inch thick.
  • Using a flour 2 1/2 inch biscuit cutter, stamp out (don't twist) 8 biscuits, gently patting the dough scraps back into a uniform 3/4-inch thick piece as needed.
  • Arrange the biscuits, upside down, on the prepared baking sheet, spaced about 1 1/2 inches apart.
  • Bake until lightly browned, about 15-17 minutes, rotating halfway through baking.
  • Transfer to a wire rack; let cool for 5 minutes, then serve warm.
  • Make ahead--the cut, unbaked biscuits can be covered and refrigerated for up to 2 hours; bake as directed.
  • They can be frozen for up to 1 month; cover and freeze the biscuits until frozen solid, about 6 hours, then transfer to a large zip-lock bag.
  • Bake the frozen biscuits (do not thaw) as directed, increasing the baking time to 20-25 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 272.4, Fat 16.8, SaturatedFat 10.3, Cholesterol 61.1, Sodium 253.7, Carbohydrate 26.4, Fiber 0.8, Sugar 1.2, Protein 4.1

CREAM BISCUITS



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Provided by Food Network

Categories     side-dish

Time 30m

Number Of Ingredients 5

2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
3/4 to 1 cup heavy cream

Steps:

  • Sift the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar into a bowl. Add heavy cream to make a light dough. Pat or roll 1/2 inch thick. Cut into rounds with a floured cutter 1 to 2 inches in diameter. Place on baking sheet. Bake in a preheated at 450 degree oven 12 to 15 minutes, or until light and brown.

CREAM BISCUITS



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This recipe is incredibly easy (and so tasty) to make because you don't have to cut in the fat -- it's already there in the cream. Recipe from The Gourmet Cookbook. Unlike traditional biscuits, cream biscuits benefit from relatively rough treatment. so don't be afraid to knead for 30 seconds. NOTE: Be sure to use heavy cream, otherwise you'll be disappointed!

Provided by Galley Wench

Categories     Breads

Time 30m

Yield 12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 4

2 cups all-purpose flour (not self-rising)
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cups heavy cream, plus additional for brushing

Steps:

  • Put a rack in middle of oven and preheat to 425 degrees.
  • Lightly grease baking sheet.
  • Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt into bowl. Add cream and stir just until a dough forms.
  • Gather dough into a ball, turn out onto a lightly floured surface, and gently knead 6 times, approximately 30 seconds.
  • Pat dough into a 10 inch round (1/2 inch thick).
  • Cut out as many rounds as possible with lightly floured cutter, dipping it in flour before each cut, and invert rounds onto greased baking sheet, spacing them about 1 1/2 inches apart.
  • Gather scrapes, pat out dough, and cut out more rounds in same manner.
  • OR.
  • If you prefer, gently press the dough into an 8-inch cake pan, then turn the dough out on the counter and using a knife or dough scraper (bench knife), cut the dough into 8 wedges.
  • Brush tops of rounds with cream.
  • Bake until pale golden, 12 to 15 minutes.
  • Tranfer biscuits to a rack to cool and serve warm or at room temperature.

CREAM BISCUITS



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If there's something more intrinsically "Southern" than making fluffy, buttery biscuits using White Lily flour, we don't even know what that would be.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Breakfast & Brunch Recipes     Bread Recipes

Yield Makes 30

Number Of Ingredients 5

2 1/2 cups White Lily all-purpose flour, plus more for work surface
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups heavy cream
3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl. Pour in heavy cream, and stir with a wooden spoon until combined. The dough will still be wet and tacky.
  • Turn out dough onto a well-floured work surface, and pat into a square about 1/2 inch thick. Let rest about 5 minutes.
  • Using a 2-inch round biscuit cutter, cut out 24 rounds. If desired, gather together scraps; pat into a square, and cut out more rounds. Place on a baking sheet, and bake until golden on the tops, 12 to 14 minutes. Remove from the oven, and immediately brush the tops with butter. Transfer to a wire rack to cool slightly. Serve warm or at room temperature.

WHIPPED CREAM BISCUITS



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Since there is no shortening to cut in, these light, airy biscuits are quick and easy to make. Time the baking so that they're out of the oven when you sit down to eat. -Linda Murrow, Aurora, Colorado

Provided by Taste of Home

Time 20m

Yield 5 biscuits.

Number Of Ingredients 4

1 cup all-purpose flour
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup heavy whipping cream, whipped

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 425°. In a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Stir in cream. Turn dough onto a floured surface; knead 10 times. Roll to 3/4-in. thickness; cut with a 2-1/4-in. round biscuit cutter. , Place on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake until lightly browned, 10-12 minutes. Serve warm.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 173 calories, Fat 9g fat (6g saturated fat), Cholesterol 33mg cholesterol, Sodium 248mg sodium, Carbohydrate 20g carbohydrate (1g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 3g protein.

HOW TO MAKE CREAM BISCUITS



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Not only is this one of America's greatest biscuit recipes, it's also by far the easiest. If you can stir, you can make cream biscuits. They are so light, moist, flaky, and perfect, you're going to be shocked.

Provided by Chef John

Categories     Bread     Quick Bread Recipes     Biscuits

Time 25m

Yield 10

Number Of Ingredients 4

2 cups self-rising flour
1 tablespoon white sugar
1 ½ cups heavy whipping cream
2 tablespoons butter, melted, or as needed

Steps:

  • Move an oven rack to the enter position of your oven; preheat oven to 500 degrees F (260 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
  • Combine self-rising flour and sugar in a mixing bowl; stir in cream until almost all the flour has been incorporated and dough is wet and sticky.
  • Turn dough onto a well-floured work surface and gently press it into a rectangle about 1/2-inch thick. Use a bench scraper to lift up ends of dough and fold dough into thirds. Press dough again into a thick rectangle.
  • Roll dough out into a 6x10-inch rectangle about 1/2-inch thick. Cut rounds from the dough using a 3-inch biscuit cutter. Gently press dough scraps together into a thick disk, roll out 1/2-inch thick, and cut 3 more biscuits. If any dough remains, lightly press it flat and cut one more biscuit from the remaining dough.
  • Arrange biscuits on prepared baking sheet. Brush tops of biscuits generously with melted butter.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until biscuits are golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Brush hot biscuits with melted butter again and let stand 2 to 3 minutes to cool slightly before serving.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 236.9 calories, Carbohydrate 20.8 g, Cholesterol 55 mg, Fat 15.8 g, Fiber 0.7 g, Protein 3.2 g, SaturatedFat 9.7 g, Sodium 347.4 mg, Sugar 1.3 g

CREAM BISCUITS



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Provided by John Currence

Categories     Milk/Cream     Side     Bake     Thanksgiving     Dinner     Chill     Butter     Bon Appétit     Sugar Conscious     Vegetarian     Pescatarian     Peanut Free     Tree Nut Free     Soy Free     Kosher

Yield Makes 12

Number Of Ingredients 8

4 cups all-purpose flour plus more
2 tablespoons sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons baking powder
1 tablespoon kosher salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) chilled butter, cubed
1 1/2 cups (or more) heavy cream plus more for brushing
Special Equipment
A 3"-diameter biscuit cutter

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 375°F. Whisk 4 cups flour and next 3 ingredients in a large bowl. Add butter; blend with your fingers until pea-size pieces form. Add 1 1/2 cups cream; stir until dough forms, adding more cream by tablespoonfuls if dry. Transfer to a lightly floured surface; roll to 3/4" thickness. Using biscuit cutter, cut into rounds. Repeat until all dough is used.
  • Transfer biscuits to a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Brush tops with cream and transfer to oven. Bake until golden brown, 25-30 minutes. Serve warm with Tomato and Crawfish gravies .

CREAMY BISCUITS AND GRAVY



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This is a perfectly rich, great-tasting breakfast option for that occasional Sunday morning when you don't care about calories!

Provided by user

Categories     Meat and Poultry Recipes     Pork     Sausage

Time 50m

Yield 10

Number Of Ingredients 14

2 cups all-purpose flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 tablespoon white sugar
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup shortening
1 egg, beaten
⅔ cup milk
1 tablespoon butter, melted
1 (16 ounce) package bulk pork breakfast sausage (such as Jimmy Dean®)
¼ cup butter
¼ cup all-purpose flour
1 (12 fluid ounce) can evaporated milk
1 ½ cups water
salt and ground black pepper to taste

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet.
  • Whisk 2 cups flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt together in a bowl; cut shortening into flour mixture with a pastry cutter until mixture is crumbly. Mix in egg and milk until incorporated. Turn dough out onto a well-floured work surface and knead for 1 minute.
  • Roll dough out to a thickness of 3/4 to 1-inch thick, cut with a biscuit cutter, and place biscuits onto prepared baking sheet. Brush tops of biscuits with melted butter.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until biscuits are golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes.
  • Cook and stir sausage in a large skillet over medium heat until browned and crumbly, about 10 minutes. Drain excess grease. Stir 1/4 cup butter into sausage until butter has melted and mix in 1/4 cup flour until thoroughly combined. Pour evaporated milk and water into sausage mixture, bring gravy to a simmer, and reduce heat to low; simmer gravy until thickened, about 5 minutes. Season gravy with salt and black pepper to taste.
  • Serve biscuits with sausage gravy.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 431.1 calories, Carbohydrate 28.1 g, Cholesterol 72.1 mg, Fat 29.7 g, Fiber 0.8 g, Protein 12.9 g, SaturatedFat 11.7 g, Sodium 812.6 mg, Sugar 5.9 g

CREAM DROP BISCUITS



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Categories     Bread     Breakfast     Brunch     Bake     Spring     Gourmet     Sugar Conscious     Kidney Friendly     Vegetarian     Pescatarian     Peanut Free     Tree Nut Free     Soy Free     Kosher

Yield Makes 12 biscuits

Number Of Ingredients 5

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
2 cups chilled heavy cream

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 400°F.
  • Stir together flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar in a large bowl. Add cream, then stir just until a dough forms.
  • Drop heaping 1/4 cups of batter about 1 inch apart on an ungreased large baking sheet. Bake in middle of oven until tops are pale golden and bottoms are golden brown, 18 to 20 minutes.

Tips:

  • Use cold ingredients. This will help the biscuits rise and be flaky.
  • Don't overmix the dough. Overmixing will make the biscuits tough.
  • Cut the biscuits into even sizes. This will help them cook evenly.
  • Bake the biscuits at a high temperature. This will help them rise and brown.
  • Don't overcrowd the biscuits in the pan. This will prevent them from cooking evenly.
  • Serve the biscuits warm. They are best enjoyed fresh out of the oven.

Conclusion:

Heavy cream biscuits are a delicious and easy-to-make breakfast or dinner side dish. With just a few simple ingredients, you can create light, flaky biscuits that are perfect for any occasion. Whether you're serving them with gravy, butter, or jam, these biscuits are sure to be a hit. So next time you're looking for a quick and easy bread recipe, give heavy cream biscuits a try.

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