Emergency Bread!
Since I never have yeast or patience in the kitchen, these rolls are the perfect Sunday supplement when all the bakeries are closed and Christian needs his bread.
2 cups flour (add a tsp. or 2 more milk if Dinkel-/Vollkornmehl)
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1 cup milk
4 Tbsp. yogurt, cream cheese or sour cream
Sift dry ingredients together and then add yogurt & milk. Add nuts, seeds, and/or dried fruit with the milk & yogurt if desired. Bake at 180* for 12-15 mins. until golden on top. I greased the muffin form with oil and they popped right out. This recipe makes at at least 16 mini muffins or 8 full-sized.
Beer Bread
3 c. flour
1 Tbsp. sugar
1 Tbsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
Bottle o' beer
Heat oven to ~190*. Mix all ingredients until just combined. Bake ~45 mins.
Biscuits
3 cups flour
1 tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. baking powder
1 Tbsp. sugar
6 Tbsp./85 grams butter, at room temp
1 to 1 1/8 cups milk, buttermilk, or whole milk
Preheat oven to 218*. Mix together the flour, salt, baking powder, and sugar. Work the butter into the mixture until it's an even crumbly mixture like breadcrumbs. Drizzle over a cup of milk and mix gently to form cohesive dough. Add up to 2 Tbsp. more milk if needed to make dough come together. Place dough on lightly floured work surface. Pat into a rectangle ~3/4" thick. Fold into thirds like a letter and roll gently with a floured rolling pin until the dough is 3/4" thick again. Cut the dough into ~12 circles or squares. Place biscuits bottom-side up on baking sheet for smooth tops, brush with milk to enhance browning. Bake ~15-20 mins., until golden brown.
*Placing cut biscuits closer together (with 1/4" of space between them) will help them rise higher and straighter; they'll literally hold each other up as they rise in the oven. The sides will be softer, also. If you like a crisp biscuit, space them at least 1" apart on the baking sheet so the oven's heat can reach their sides.
*If you're going to use the biscuits for shortcakes, increase the sugar to 2 tablespoons, and stir 1 teaspoon vanilla into the dry mixture along with the milk. Also, dissolve a teaspoon of sugar in the tablespoon or so of milk you use to brush the tops; this will help them brown nicely and impart mild sweetness to the crust.
*If you have time, prepare the biscuits up to the point they're on the pan before preheating your oven. Place the pan of biscuits in the refrigerator while you preheat your oven to 425°F, or for about 20 to 30 minutes. This short chill will help them maintain their shape while baking.