Notes about Recipes in this book

• Mashed potatoes and root vegetables with bacon and thyme

  • ecasey830 on February 15, 2022

    Tasty but definitely labor intensive

• Easy roast turkey breast

  • Submansd on December 14, 2017

    Excellent. Juicy and flavorful. Brining was the key!

• Best drop biscuits

  • mfto on May 30, 2011

    I am a Southerner who loves all biscuits but I am married to a Northerner who does not. He will eat these and they are very, very easy to make. It is also easy to make half the recipe because I don't think they freeze well.

  • ashallen on December 12, 2020

    These are great biscuits - lightly crisp on the outside and moist and tender inside. They even had some flakiness which was great and which I hadn't expected given the easy mixing method. I was out of buttermilk and used one of the substitutes suggested on the Cook's Illustrated website (1/3 cup plain Greek yogurt whisked with 2/3 c water). Dough was a bit drier and stiffer than I'd expected - I ended up switching from a rubber spatula to my hands to finish incorporating the flour. Baked until centers were 195-200F and would do that again (or maybe even a bit higher) given how moist the biscuits were. Leftovers held over well - crisp exterior went away, but they were still tender/moist inside.

• Cheddar and scallion drop biscuits

  • Rinshin on May 11, 2022

    Perfectly tasty biscuits. Almost as simple as mixing pancakes and easier because these are baked. The texture is light even when cooled and I can taste both cheddar and green onions. Good accompaniment to soups or sliced in half with ham. Photo added.

  • anya_sf on May 14, 2022

    Tasty, fluffy biscuits. Super quick and easy to make. Using my 1/4 cup scoop, I got 7 biscuits from 1/2 recipe.