Cream Biscuits with Sugared Strawberries

Name: Cream Biscuits with Sugared Strawberries
Yield: makes about 1 dozen 2 to 2 1/2 inch biscuits
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups self-rising flour (see Know-how, below); Pinch of kosher salt; 1 1/2 cups heavy cream, plus more for brushing on the biscuits; 1/4 cup sugar (less if the strawberries are really sweet), plus more for sprinkling on the biscuits; 2 pints (about 4 cups) ripe strawberries, hulled and sliced; 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into slices

December 14, 2011

Growing up, my sister, Judy, and I coveted one simple dish above all others for breakfast: hot biscuits topped with lightly mashed strawberries and lots of sweet butter. I use a dead-simple recipe for cream biscuits adapted here from the Times-Picayune of New Orleans.

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