From Frozen to Fancy Herb-topped Biscuits
Upgrade your bread basket with this easy technique; from frozen to fancy in 30 minutes!
This fun and delicious technique to upgrade your bread basket, uses herbs. You can use this technique with any rolled biscuit recipe or for super easy shortcut, with frozen biscuits!
We plant herbs in the garden every spring, but you can use herbs from the grocery store for this technique. You can use the fresh herbs of choice: Italian parsley (flat not curly), sage, rosemary sprigs and thyme.
Note: If using thyme, choose sprigs that are young and green, avoiding thyme with woody stems.
We keep frozen biscuits in our freezer for the convenience of pulling out a couple at a time and baking them up. We love Mary B’s Biscuits as they taste homemade and go to the freezer to the table in 20 minutes. Feel free to use the frozen biscuits of your choice or favorite ‘from scratch’ rolled biscuit recipe.
- This technique calls for blanching your herbs of choice in boiling water 5 to 10 seconds and then plunging in ice water to set the color and stop the cooking process.
- Drain your herbs on paper towels and top with additional paper towels.
- Weigh down the herbs with a heavy skillet or pan to flatten them neatly. (I used a baking sheet with a heavy Dutch oven on top to flatten).
- Let stand 5 minutes.
- Lightly brush tops of frozen biscuits with egg wash; arrange herbs on top of biscuits, keeping herbs flat.
- Gently brush a little more egg on top of herbs to seal the herbs in place.
- Add a sprinkling of flaky sea salt on top if desired.
- Bake according to your biscuit recipe or package directions.
Mary B’s Biscuits directions call for placing biscuits together with sides touching to increase their rise during baking. Bake approximately 20 minutes.
I experimented with Mary B's frozen tea biscuits that are bite size, which worked well too. They would make a fun and easy party bite, served with pimento cheese, pepper jelly or chicken salad!
Looking for more easy bread or biscuit recipes? You might like Pimento Cheese Drop Biscuits. Cheesy drop biscuits that come together in 30 minutes and are easy to make! Serve warm from the oven with sliced ham for a Derby party or hot pepper jelly for sweet and peppery Southern bite.
Or Quick & Easy Four Ingredient Beer Bread.
Only one bowl and four ingredients needed to make this easy beer bread, ideal for busy week nights! Enjoy warm from the oven, as toast for breakfast, for your grilled cheese or served alongside your favorite soup or chili.
From Frozen to Fancy Herb-topped Biscuits
Recipe details
Ingredients
- 12 Frozen biscuits of choice I used Mary B’s Biscuits
- 1 large egg beaten + 1 tablespoon water for egg wash
- Assorted fresh herbs of choice Italian parsley (flat not curly), sage, rosemary sprigs and thyme (with green stems only, not woody)
- Flaky sea salt if desired
Instructions
- Blanch herbs of choice in boiling water 5 to 10 seconds and then plunge in ice water to set the color and stop the cooking process.
- Drain herbs on paper towels and top with additional paper towels.
- Weigh down the herbs with a heavy skillet or pan to flatten them neatly. (I used a baking sheet with a heavy Dutch oven on top to flatten).
- Let stand 5 minutes.
- Place frozen biscuits on prepared baking sheet according to package directions.
- Lightly brush tops of frozen biscuits with egg wash; arrange herbs on top of biscuits, keeping herbs flat. Gently brush a little more egg on top of herbs to seal the herbs in place.
- Add a sprinkling of flaky sea salt on top if desired.
- Bake biscuits according package directions.
Tips
- I used Mary B’s Biscuits and Italian parsley (flat, not curly), sage, rosemary sprigs and thyme.Note: If using thyme, choose sprigs that are young and green, avoiding thyme with woody stems.
- Follow your biscuits package directions for baking. Mary B’s Biscuits directions call for placing biscuits together with sides touching to increase their rise during baking. Bake approximately 20 minutes.
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