Ginger Orange Biscuits

By SewingDragonfly

These big buttery biscuits are sure to encourage your appetite even in the warmest of summer weather. The flavors of ginger, orange and clove are fragrant yet not overpowering. Serve the biscuits hot from the oven with marmalade butter. Enjoy!

Ingredients

• 5 cups self rising flour
• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
• 2 1/4 cups whole milk
• 1 tablespoon orange zest
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest
• 10 tablespoons unsalted butter, cold, chopped into pieces

Details

Servings 12

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400°F.

In a large bowl, mix together the flour, sugar, ginger and cloves. In a separate bowl, add the whole milk and zests. Stir and set aside.

Add the butter pieces to the bowl of flour ingredients. With your hands or a pastry blender, cut butter into the flour ingredients until the size of small peas. Add 2 cups of the milk mixture. Bring together with a few quick strokes of a fork or wooden spoon, forming the dough into a shaggy mess. If too dry, add more milk. Knead 3 or 4 times.

Turn dough out into a floured surface. Gently roll out into a 1-inch-thick rectangle. Using a circle-shaped cutter, press straight down to form biscuits. Combine the excess dough and roll out. Cut out remaining biscuits.

Bake for about 14 minutes on a silicone-lined baking sheet. Let cool and serve with marmalade butter.

MARMALADE BUTTER
6 tablespoons butter, softened
3 tablespoons orange marmalade
1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
pinch salt

In a small bowl, mix all ingredients together until a smooth butter forms.