I was awakened this morning to the industrious sounds of my husband and daughter making these for the rest of the family.  They are an amazing smell to wake up to, and I thought I’d share them.  Oh yeah, they taste pretty good too.

The Dough:

• 1.5 cups unbleached white flour
• 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, chilled and cut into pieces
• 3/4 cup milk or apple juic

Preheat the oven to 400F.

Stir together the flours, baking powder, soda and salt in a medium bowl.  Cut in the butter using a pastry blender ot two knives used scissor style, or a fork, until the mixture is grainy.  Stir in enough milk to form a moist dough.  You may not use all of it.  You want to be able to plop it from a spoon.

The Filling:

• 1 Tbsp. ground cinnamon
• 2 Tbsp. unbleached white flour
• 2 Tbsp. softened butter
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar

Using 2 lightly oiled baking sheets (or with 2 silicone mats)  form each biscuit from a teaspoon of dough and drop in onto the baking sheet about 2 inches apart.  Make a small depression in the center and fill it with 1/2 tsp of the filling.  Top with another teaspoon of dough, and another 1/2 teaspoon of filling.  Do this with all of the dough.

Bake at 400F until flakey and lightly browned.

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You can make these ahead and keep the dough and filling separate in the fridge.  IN the morning preheat the oven, assemble and bake hte biscuits.

You can also freeze some of the combined biscuits before baking them .  Just let them stand at room temp. for 10 minutes prior to baking.

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This recipe is from the Breakfast In Bed – 90 Recips for Creative Indulgence by Jesse Ziff Cool.

Tags: breakfast, sweet biscuits

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