Fourpeaks Biscuits from Scratch Getting into the backcountry ways? Forget the toaster cakes & prepared cereals! Learn to bake these old fashioned hot little bread cakes from scratch. CLICK & GO! (On this page.) 'Baking Powder' BISCUITS Recipe Option: 'Cheese Dinner' BISCUITS 'Mrs. Eliot's' BUTTERED SCONES 'Mrs. Eliot's' MIXED SPICE Recipe Option: CHEESE SCONES More about the biscuits, measure abbreviations. Guest Notes: "My biscuits turned out well - Thank you for the recipe." "Our time was spent walking, cooking, reading, and sleeping. Making scones and topping them with your grape nut jam" (On the next page.) Easy to print version of this page. 14 Homemade Jam Recipes to go with these biscuits. 14 Homemade Pickle Recipes from our Fourpeaks Old Farm. (More recipes on our Fourpeaks webpage.) 14 Homemade Jam Recipes to go with the biscuits. 14 Homemade Pickle Recipes. George's Homemade Dog Biscuits. Martin's Quick and Healthy Recipes from Around the World. 'Baking Powder' BISCUITS Plan to try this recipe while you're here at Fourpeaks. We provide the rising flour. And a free jar of our therapeutic Raw Wildflower Honey. You just get the milk and butter. Time for breakfast? You're 15 minutes away from fresh biscuits with heavenly honey. Have you got time for this? We hope so! Happy Baking!  PREHEAT oven (hot) 450deg.Measure 3/4c MILK.Mix in bowl 2c FLOUR, 3t(1T) BAKING POWDER, 1/2t SALT . We supply this "rising flour", all ready mixed for you.ADD 4T (1/2 of 1/4lb stick) softened BUTTER to flour mixture. Blend by hand. ( Hard butter right out of the fridge won't blend easily. Plan ahead and leave butter out overnight. )ADD milk to flour mixture stirring with spoon till dough ball forms.
Turn dough out on floured board. KNEAD briefly. Press and roll to 1/2in. thick. (No rolling pin? Use wine, beer or coke bottle or just your hands.)Cut 2in. circles. (No cutter? Use empty tin can. Or cut any shape you like of about the same size. ) Knead remnant & cut quarters.BAKE 12m on ungreased baking sheet. Makes approximately 12 biscuits.About the ingredients. Substitute buttermilk for a special flavor. Use butter only--not margarine. Use only unbleached flour. Try local mills for freshest flavor. Substitute graham (whole wheat) flour. Best if you can get it freshly ground. Optional recipe: CHEESE DINNER BISCUITS: Add 1/2t ground mustard, 1/4c grated cheddar style cheese to flour. Sprinkle with additional grated cheese before baking.
'Mrs. Eliot's' BUTTERED SCONES 
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Fourpeaks offers lots more than just lodgings. Browse our 10 activity pages for scenic river swimming, floating, wilderness canoeing, and fishing the nearby AuSable River. Explore our 20 miles of private hiking/skiing trails, an unequalled nature experience with no people. And just R&R in our accessible wilderness. [CLICK HERE for Fourpeaks Adirondack Activities.]#1795 "My biscuits turned out well - Thank you for the recipe." Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 From: Sharon J*** sharonl***@juno.com To: Martin@4peaks.com We enjoyed our stay. It was cozy, country, and comfortable. Everything you stated at your web site is just the way 4 peaks proved to be. We appreciate your straightforwardness and the opportunity to stay at 4 peaks. I think the rivers were our favorite. Gorgeous! My biscuits actually turned out well - in spite of MY cooking. Thank you for the flour, jam, and recipe. We enjoyed that the first morning of our stay. #1519 "Our time was spent walking, cooking, reading, and sleeping. Making scones and topping them with your grape nut jam" Subject: Greetings from Oneida Lake Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 From: Dean F**** d***@cornell.edu To: YourAdirondackGuide@4peaks.com Hi Martin! We found our time in your back country satisfying and exactly what we wanted in a place away from the distractions of the world. The natural beauty of Fourpeaks was both serene and impressive. Integrated with this beauty were the awesome, lingering effects of the 1998 ice storm. Our time was spent walking, cooking, reading, and sleeping. Making scones and topping them with your grape nut jam was a perfect touch on our last day. In our opinion, this was a perfect mix for a weekend away. We still have some jam here at Oneida Lake that is being used sparingly on our morning toast. One of the thing that did disappoint us was the fact we planned such a short time at Fourpeaks. This is why we are planning now to visit again this November or early December. With luck the snow will be flying by then and provide a completely different caricature of the forest and mountains. Our dog Baxter also really enjoyed his time at Fourpeaks. He clearly loved the walks and all the different smells on the paths and in the cabin. He was fascinated with the wood stove and gas lights. Best wishes, Dean F**** and Sandy P***  More about this. (Keep reading.)Subject: Re: Greetings from Oneida Lake Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 From: YourAdirondackHost@4peaks.com To: Dean F*** d**@cornell.edu Dean and Sandra-- It was a treat to get your email just returning from a visit with our daughter in NYC. We're happy you experienced the restorative quality of a walk in the woods away from it all. It's for that we built our places years ago. Jam making is now in high gear, so there'll be plenty for you to take home next time. November and December are perfect empty times. If you have a moment--would you remind me of something? I think you made the biscuits once with the original recipe and then again with spices (and more butter) for a richer quality, like Welsh scones. Can you remember the amount of butter you put in? Did you add fruit to the batch? I plan to make a "scone" optional recipe for the biscuit webpage. Best wishes, Martin More about this. (Keep reading.)Subject: Re: Greetings from Oneida Lake Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 13:31:42 -0400 From: Dean F*** d**@cornell.edu To: VisitUs@4peaks.com Hi Martin! We have made the biscuits several times since our visit to 4 Peaks. We were not the couple who did it with spices or extra butter so that must be someone else you are thinking of. However, when we have made the biscuits, we have substituted extra virgin olive oil for the butter (1:1 ratio). We have also had great success adding items like fresh garlic, onions (dried and fresh), oregano, and basil to the mix to make it more rich. If you have any other questions, just email Sandra (sl***@cornell.edu). We still want to visit 4 Peaks later this fall or winter. Once we pick a weekend that works, we will email you. We have a keen interest in staying at the Ridge Camp this time. Hope all is well there! Best wishes, Dean F. More about this. (Keep reading.)Subject: Thanks for your email with biscuit update. Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 From: Martin YourAdirondackHost@4peaks.com To: Dean F**** d***@cornell.edu, sl***@cornell.edu Dean-- Thanks for your email with biscuit update. I've gotten a teeny bit more insistent that guests do some baking while they're here and almost all go along with it, many with very pleasant results. I will use your comments when update the page. Yes. Do come to Ridge. You'll like it. Best wishes, Martin PS I really thought it was you I gave the Welsh spices to in order to do the "English" scones. Well this will be an option when I do the page over. .  Are you in this picture? 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