Reviewed: Jun. 9, 2011

I really liked this recipe - but I didn't use sage b/c I didn't know how it would go with the soup I was serving - beef lentil. Instead I used 1/4 c of white sugar and my goodness was it good. It could be just my oven - but - these cooked FAST. They were done on the bottom before they were done on the top, I wonder if the temp should be a few degrees less. ?

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Mama Cramer

Reviewed: Mar. 19, 2011

These turned out dry. I was hoping that they would be like the corn biscuits that I can no longer find in local grocery stores.

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kristincsw

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Syracuse, New York, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 14, 2011

We had these with chili when I didn't have time to make my usual cornbread. My family liked them well enough. Didn't rave over them and I couldn't even taste them because of a terrible cold. :( Because of what some people said about them not rising enough, I made the last tsp of baking powder heaping. Mine were nice and fluffy and light, though I wish the bottoms hadn't hardened so much. Maybe next time I will do 9 minutes instead of 10 or even knock the cook temp down to 425 instead. Thanks for a good basic recipe. I am sure I will use it again.

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SummerLynn

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 24, 2010

Excellent exactly as written, only change was to dust surface with a bit of extra cornmeal for even more crunch. Thank you!

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J.P.

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Oct. 25, 2010

I changed the flour to whole wheat flour, the shortening to oil, and omitted the salt. The family loves these! Next time, I will increase the amount of sage!

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sueb

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Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Prattville, Alabama, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 19, 2010

These are pretty tasty! I added the 1/4 c. of sharp cheese and 1/2 t. of sugar!

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OneWomanRiot

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Anaheim, California, USA

Living In: Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 14, 2010

I didn't care for these. They didn't rise much at all, so they ended up like hockey pucks. I left out the sage, and the taste was OK at best, but they needed a little sugar or honey. Won't make again.

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SUZZANNA

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Dec. 20, 2009

These weren't as good as I'd hoped. I was thinking I'd make them as the Biscuits for the Veggie Biscuit and gravy I wanted to make, and thought the sage in the biscuit would complement the gravy. While the tastes were good together, I found these to be very dry, and they didn't "fluff" up, like I expected them to. I'll stick with the traditional southern buttermilk style biscuits next time.

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Roxy

Reviewed: Jul. 22, 2009

I never review stuff so here goes:left out the sage, added 1/4c sugar but no honey just dropped them on the cookie sheet and baked for 10min=a great homemade version of the corn variety of a popular big biscuit in the blue can. They were tender, light and fluffy and no one used butter because they didn't need it.

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