I guess this is proof that just because a recipe gets good reviews, that doesn't mean it will be good for me! After reading the reviews, I figured that a couple of minor changes they suggested would be ok. We had no buttermilk, so I did the 1 cup milk to 1 T vinegar, which seemed to work well. I also added a little bit of sugar. For some reason my batter was very thin and the more I stirred, the thinner it seemed to get. Also the places where there were still lumps were VERY salty! Enough syrup can disguise that probably, but I tend to go light on it. Not sure what exactly went so wrong, but these didn't work well for us :(

Reviewed On: Sep. 5, 2009

We weren't really crazy about this. First, the butter ended up burning my pan by the end of the batch, we probably should have used pam from the start. And the taste was just average, nothing special. I added some sugar to the mix, but still was kind of bland in my opinion. I don't like a lot of syrup, but to give these taste I had to load it on. I'll try something else next time, sorry!

Reviewed On: Jul. 11, 2009

I made a lot of modifications to this recipe and they turned out pretty good! My husband seemed to love them. Here are my changes: I only had all purpose flour, so I took another reviewers suggestions and used 1 Tb baking powder and 1 tsp salt (I didn't have any fresh baking soda). I also substituted 1/2 C wheat flower to make them a little bit "healthier," which worked well. Since other reviewers complained about lack of flavor, I substituted 1/4 of the shortening for butter and added a Tb of vanilla extract, which made them smell really good. With a bit of honey on the finished biscuits, they tasted just right! Finally I mixed all of this up in my cuisinart food processor, which was perfect and made them VERY easy to press out (I usually have problems with that stage and end up having hands covered in dough!) They weren't the best I've had, but probably the best I've made so far!

Reviewed On: Jun. 13, 2009