Not sure if this happens only in my house, but Hubby really wants certain things exactly the way he grew up with them. His mother always served dinner rolls with Thanksgiving dinner. I want biscuits.
In marriage, compromise is everything. I will buy him his dinner rolls, since that’s what his mom did anyway, and I’ll bake my biscuits. This year, I’ll add chives to the biscuits. Hubby hates chives. But I can go wild: he’s not eating them anyway.
Biscuits with chives for me, dinner rolls for Hubby and the kids. (Ever notice that baked goods with green things are more suited to the adult palate?) I know my mom-in-law will try them and she will love them because that’s how good a mom-in-law she is. As far as she’s concerned, everything I make is delicious, and it doesn’t matter that I’ve deviated from her tradition. Now if I could only get Hubby on board…
Enjoy these savory biscuits anytime. They are non dairy so they can be served with a meat meal, they taste so good along side a hearty beef stew. You can also eat them at breakfast with eggs or smoked salmon. They are truly versatile.
Chive Biscuits
Servings
Ingredients
- 1 cup plain soy milk or coconut milk
- 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
- 2 cup all-purpose flour
- 4 teaspoon baking powder
- ¾ teaspoon kosher salt
- 4 tablespoon vegetable shortening
- 2 tablespoon chopped chives
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450° F.
- In a small bowl, combine soy milk and vinegar and stir. Let sit 5 minutes or until lumpy.
- In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt and stir. Using your fingertips, rub shortening into dry ingredients until mixture looks like crumbs. (The faster the better, you don’t want the fats to melt.) Stir in soy milk mixture and chives – dough will be sticky.
- Turn dough out onto a floured board. Flatten to 1-inch thick, constantly flouring hands and dough if too sticky. Using a 2 ½-inch round cookie cutter, cut biscuits from dough and transfer to a greased sheet pan. Re-roll dough scraps and continue cutting until all the dough is used.
- Bake 12 minutes or until golden brown and puffy. Serve warm.
Thankfully for the folks who can’t take soy, the other dairy substitutes work just as well here. Almond Breeze boxed parve works well.
Top with some salted margarine or butter if serving with dairy. Maybe add a touch of garlic powder or garlic salt.
Or, as my mother recommended, instead of salt, top with honey and margarine or butter.
You are NOT the only ones, we are in this together!
My mother makes biscuits, so this recipe is a win-win for me, BH.
What is with husbands eating kid food? Is this a super common thing? Waving the white flag over here. It doesn’t look like it’s ever going to change. But so gratified to know we’re not the only ones! 😁
Yummy!!! So glad you found it too.
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Thank you so much for this wonderful recipe. I wanted so much to have biscuits with gravy but couldn’t find a pareve recipe. Turned out amazing! We coupled the biscuits with homemade chicken gravy, fried chicken and collard greens. Kosher plus comfort foods, yummy!
not exactly but can sub for it in a pinch – as I said above margarine has a bit more water content than veg shortening so it can cause some spreading but really can still work. I do recommend Earth Balance Natural Vegan Shortening http://earthbalancenatural.com/product/natural-shortening/
so veg shorting = margarine?
I love your daughter (I feel like she’s my biggest fan – LOL 🙂
My daughter loved these but I thought they were a little bland. Served them with chicken but agree they probably go better with beef stew.
totally agree!
great idea hope you LOVE them!
Hope your honey was happily surprised!
Earth Balance puts out a natural shortening or you can use margarine (I also use Earth Balance margarine) but note that it has a bit more water so it might cause some spreading. You could also try coconut oil BUT I haven’t tested it with yet.
When you say shortening you mean margarine right? Cuz if you nean crosco shortening what could I use instead.
These are fabulous with Sunnyside eggs
These look so good! I have such a hard time with parve biscuits and I would love to add these to chicken and biscuits.
Just last week my honey expressed a desire for biscuits. Maybe I will surprise him for Thanksgiving. Have never used soy milk before.