Fresh Thyme Biscuits

My kids are out of school for the Christmas holiday so we are having fun in the kitchen cooking.  One of my kids favorite things to make with me are biscuits.  Tonight we tried something new and add some fresh thyme to these southern biscuits.  My kids also wanted to use white flour to make these biscuits so we gave it a try. Everyone seemed to enjoy the biscuits and even Brownie my dog had a smile on his face after sampling the biscuits.  The original recipe for the biscuits was taken from "Touch -of-Grace" and Cookwise by Shirley Corriher. I have changed this recipe to make it healthier and tried to give the biscuits a unique flavor.  Feel free to make these biscuits with white bread flour or whole wheat flour.

Thyme Biscuits:

Pre-heat Oven:  475 degrees
Makes:  8 biscuits

1 1/2 cups white organic bread flour or whole wheat bread flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons organic cane sugar
3 tablespoons cold butter cut into small pieces
1 1/4 cup buttermilk 1%
2 teaspoons fresh thyme, chopped
1 cup white organic bread flour (shaping the biscuits) or whole wheat bread flour
2 tablespoons melted butter

In a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar.  Cut the small pieces of cold butter into the flour mixture with a pastry knife or your hands.  The butter and flour should look like small pea size lumps.   Slowly add the buttermilk and stir just until the buttermilk has been incorporated with the flour.  In a small bowl add the 1 cup of bread flour.  Spray a 9 inch round pan with cooking spray.  Take an ice cream scoop and dip it into the biscuit dough then with your fingers remove the dough off the ice cream scoop and place it into the bowl of flour.  Shake off any extra flour from the dough and place the flour coated dough into the pan.  Repeat the above directions until all the dough has been used.  Melt the 2 tablespoons of butter in a small bowl in the microwave.  Using a pastry brush, brush the melted butter over the top of all the biscuits.  Bake at 475 degrees for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown.

Cutting the Butter into the Flour with the Pastry Knife

Measuring the Buttermilk

Scooping the Biscuit Dough Into the Flour 

Buttering the Biscuits Before They Go Into the Oven

Cooked Biscuits

Fresh Thyme Biscuits