Pear Nut Biscuits Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Heat a 9-inch cast-iron skillet in the oven.
• Add the flour, pears, baking powder and salt to a food processor. Pulse 2 to 3 times to combine. Add 5 tablespoons butter, pulsing until it resembles a coarse meal. Pour in the half-and-half and 2 tablespoons maple syrup and pulse until just combined. Transfer to a floured work surface and roll the dough into a square about 1/2-inch thick. Using a 2 1/2-inch biscuit cutter (or the rim of a glass works, too), cut 8 biscuits, re-rolling if necessary.
• Remove the skillet from the oven and melt the remaining 3 tablespoons butter in the hot skillet. Swirl the skillet to coat the bottom and sides with butter, then pour the butter into a bowl and mix with the remaining 2 tablespoons maple syrup. Add the biscuits to the skillet and brush them each with a little of the maple butter, saving the rest for finishing.
• Bake until lightly browned, 8 to 10 minutes. Brush the remaining maple butter on the biscuits and let them cool slightly. Serve warm or at room temperature.

Steps:

• Cut the pear into 1/2-inch-thick slices and top with the blue cheese, candied nuts and a drizzle of honey.

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar until thick and pale.
• Stir in egg, then sifted flour a little at a time, then nuts. *see intro*.
• Stir to combine.
• Place rounded teaspoonfuls onto a lightly greased baking tray and press with fork to flatten.
• Cook 350F/180C for 20 minutes until golden brown.
• (I bake mine in a fan oven at 160C for 12 minutes and 30 seconds exactly! - and they come out perfect every time.).

Steps:

• Using a mixer with a dough hook, put all ingredients into bowl EXCEPT the flour.
• Beat until well mixed.
• Add flour 1/2 cup at a time until near the end, then add by the spoonful until dough is in a"big ball" and stiff enough to handle.
• Use more than the 3 c.
• called for if necessary.
• Preheat oven to 300f.
• Roll into little balls and place on cookie sheets.
• Flatten slightly with a finger.
• Take bottom oven rack and place ABOVE middle oven rack.
• Place cookie sheets on oven racks and cook for 1 hour.
• Remove from oven, turn biscuits over, and return to oven with cookie sheets on opposite racks.
• Cook another 30 min.
• Reduce heat to 225f for approx 1- 1 1/2 hours more, keep checking.
• take one out, let cool, break apart, and it should be hard like a milk bone.
• When done, remove and let cool on cookie sheets.
• Store in air tight container.

Steps:

• Whisk flour, cornmeal, 1/4 cup sugar, baking powder, and 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt in large bowl. Add chilled butter; rub in with fingertips until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add cream; stir just until moistened. Gather dough together; form into 8-inch-long log. Cut log crosswise into eight 1-inch-thick rounds. Spread 3 tablespoons sugar on plate. Dip 1 cut side of each biscuit into melted butter, then dip buttered side in sugar. Place biscuits, sugared side up, on platter; sprinkle any remaining sugar over top. Cover and chill.
• Preheat oven to 375°F. Butter 13x9x2-inch glass baking dish. Place pears in large bowl. Add next 5 ingredients; toss. Let stand 10 minutes, tossing occasionally.
• Transfer pear filling to prepared dish. Dot with diced butter. Cover dish with foil. Bake until pears are almost tender, about 50 minutes. Remove dish from oven; stir dried blueberries into pear filling. Place biscuits atop filling. Continue to bake uncovered until filling is bubbling thickly, biscuits are pale golden, and tester inserted into biscuits comes out clean, about 35 minutes longer (biscuits may look cracked). Cool 30 minutes. Serve warm with ice cream.