Biscuits
 

I ran across this picture on the server and suddenly felt an overwhelming compulsion to talk about biscuits.



Though, having gotten this far, I can't think of much to say other than that I really like biscuits!

Does anybody have a trick for baking biscuits that avoids overcooking the bottoms?

Erm...I won't be able help on that one...the last time I baked I set fire to the tray and nearly burnt my house down.:help1:

I think the trick is to use a fireproff tray. Metal, y'know; it's a marvelous invention.

I remember why that picture was on the old server, and hence got copied to the new one. The recipe is on the Hullabaloo.

Gosh, I haven't made biscuits in a long time!

Lmao wooden trays are great!:trout:
Yummy looking biscuits BTW.:dance:

Hm, lets see...

Use a non stick cookie sheet or grease the pan.
Check often.
No reading the board while you bake them.

If you grease the pan, they get burned even more. No worries, though; there's enough shortening in these biscuits that they won't stick even to a conventional steel pan.

That last part is important, though; don't overcook 'em.

That might be a clue. Have you tried parchment paper under them? Should be available in the cake decorating section of a supermarket.

It could be that your oven is too hot. Unless you have a thermometer inside it, you can't really tell, but if you're continually burning things when cooking at the recommended temp, there's a good chance your oven's thermostat is a little off.

I have a thermometer so I don't think it's the oven temperature. These things need a hot oven anyhow, 450°F. The problem isn't burning things; it's that biscuits sitting on a metal sheet tend to get overcooked on the bottom.

I've never tried parchment paper. That just might be worth a shot. They use it a lot on the Food network, but until all those cooking shows started up I'd never even heard of the stuff.

Did your mom use wax paper on the bottom of her cake pans when you were a kid? Parchment paper is the same theory, just not "waxy"!

You can also line your cookie sheets with it and slide the whole batch of baked cookies off the pan in one fell swoop. If you're really dextrous, you can slide a batch of raw ones back on, but I prefer to put the paper on first, then put the cookies on top.

You could buy a Pampered Chef baking stone.

Never thought of using a baking stone for biscuits, but I do have one for pizza!

There's a thought! A baking stone might work well, but just the opposite of what you want for pizza. Put the biscuits on it when it's cold so that it keeps the bottoms cooler while they're cooking.

Well I got a new tray (yay) and followed the recipe from over at the Hullabaloo and I managed to bake biscuits without burning my house down or burning the biscuits! The bottoms were slighty burnt but they tasted OK.:) I think I'll leave you guys to do the baking.:p

Hooray! Any day that you can prepare food without burning the house down is a good day! :D