I've long claimed to be some sort of superior biscuits maker, which is why it was kind of humbling that my sister totally kicked my ass at a biscuit bake-off last weekend.
Her biscuits were pretty good and man mine were not so good. Elizabeth is very humble in her account of her victory in her write-up of the event. However, I was there, and I can tell you my biscuits were flat, dry little hockey pucks. Square hockey pucks. The ones on the left that don't look much like a tasty biscuit.
I'd like to blame my downfall on not using self-rising flour, but instead a combination of unbleached all-purpose and cake flour, but Elizabeth used the same flour I did, so no reason to complain there. Basically, it comes down to not using enough baking powder and then over-baking. End result: flat little hockey pucks. Granted, put enough jam on it and it's still edible. But Elizabeth definitely won that round.
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