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Hot Cross Biscuits
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup Quaker® Oats (quick or old fashioned, uncooked)
2 tablespoons firmly packed brown sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt (optional)
5 tablespoons stick margarine or butter, chilled
1/4 cup currants or raisins
1 teaspoon grated orange peel
3/4 cup buttermilk
1 tablespoon stick margarine or butter, melted
1/3 cup powdered sugar
1 to 2 teaspoons buttermilk
Heat oven to 450°F. Lightly grease cookie sheet.
In large bowl, combine flour, oats, brown sugar, baking powder, pie spice,
baking soda and salt; mix well. Cut in 5 tablespoons margarine with pastry
blender or two knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
Stir in currants and peel. Add buttermilk; mix with fork just until dry
ingredients are moistened.
Turn out dough onto lightly floured surface; knead gently 6 to 8 times. Pat
dough into circle 1/2-inch thick. Cut with floured 2 1/2-inch biscuit cutter.
Place on prepared cookie sheet. Brush tops with melted margarine; sprinkle with
additional oats, if desired.
Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until light golden brown. Remove to wire rack; cool 5
minutes.
For icing, mix together 1/3 cup powdered sugar and enough buttermilk to make a
thick icing; drizzle in a cross shape over each biscuit. Serve warm.
Makes 1 dozen biscuits.
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~~~***Rhonda G in Missouri***~~~
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