Caramel Pecan Biscuit Bake

Dear Ones,

I’d like y’all to say hello to someone.

Caramel Pecan Biscuit Bake

It’s time y’all say Hello to a new kind of Breakfast Dish – That little beauty dripping with caramelized sugars and pecans is White Lily Flour’s Caramel Pecan Biscuit Bake

Would y’all like another introduction?

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You’re welcome.

This isn’t your typical Breakfast Bake, it doesn’t have a cake base – this little beauty has a Southern Biscuit base made with White Lily’s Self Rising Flour
white lily self rising flour

This recipe intrigued me.

White Lily Flour is the ONLY flour that my Dad uses to make his Beaten Biscuits – a Southern delicacy unlike any other.

However.  HOWEVER.

Biscuits at breakfast, not something unusual in the South.  However… biscuits in the South not topped with gravy, biscuits in the south not stuffed with Country Ham or slathered with homemade jam …. what is this Southern blasphemy you speak of? {wink, wink}
Well let me tell y’all, my biscuits and gravy loving’ Southern husband – devoured two pieces of this and declared it ‘damn good’.

Monkey and Princess both had two pieces and when I came back to cover the baking dish after breakfast, it was fairly evident some little fingers had been helping themselves to more.

breakfast bake dish

This dish is messy and gooey and crunchy and sweet and downright yummy. The biscuit base is a bit of a surprise if you’re expecting a sweet cake style base, and I have to admit – we really liked it.

Caramel Pecan Biscuit Bake

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 18 minutes

Approximate Time: 38 minutes

Yield: 12 Servings

Serving Size: 1

Ingredients

    Just slightly adapted from White Lily Flour
    Caramel Pecan Topping
  • 1/2 C melted butter
  • 1/2 C Syrup (they recommend Hungry Jack Microwave Ready Butter Flavored Syrup)
  • 1/2 C firmly packed dark brown sugar
  • 3/4 C coarsely chopped pecans
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon (I recommend Roasted ground Cinnamon)
  • Biscuit Dough
  • 2 C White Lily Self-Rising Flour
  • 1/4 C Crisco, chilled
  • 2/3 C buttermilk
  • Drizzle
  • 1/3 C Cream Cheese Frosting

Instructions

  1. Pre-heat oven to 400 F and lightly spray an 8X8X2-inch baking dish with no-stick cooking spray.
  2. In a medium bowl, combine: melted butter, syrup, brown sugar, pecans and cinnamon. Set aside.
  3. Place flour in a large bowl. Using a pastry cutter, cut in shortening until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
  4. Add buttermilk, stir just until dough leaves the sides of the bowl.
  5. Lightly flour your hands to keep the dough from sticking.
  6. Press dough into the bottom of the baking dish.
  7. Using a fork, poke a bunch of holes into the top of the dough.
  8. Pour syrup/butter/pecan/sugar mixture over the dough and spread with a greased spatula, if necessary.
  9. Bake 15 to 18 minutes, or until the dough rises and the edges are golden brown. (The topping will still be jiggly)
  10. Let cool for a few minutes
  11. Heat cream cheese frosting in a microwave safe dish for 10 to 15 seconds, or until melted. Stir and drizzle over the top of the biscuit bake.
  12. Cool 10 to 15 minutes, serve warm.

Rachel Says

I don't know that it's truly an adaptation of their recipe all I changed was: using dark brown sugar, changing the amount of pecans, poking holes into the dough and recommending roasted cinnamon. The original recipe is White Lily Flour's - those are just my small changes/suggestions.

http://asouthernfairytale.com/2012/01/09/caramel-pecan-biscuit-bake/

This recipe today is in conjunction with a giveaway that I partnered with White Lily flour to bring y’all.  I have received product compensation for my time and talents.

Stay Tuned!  I have a Giveaway that involves White Lily Flour – a Cuisinart Hand Mixer – and yumminess on Thursday! Make sure that you’re a subscriber to my blog and following me on Twitter so you don’t miss out!

Favorites From Last Week

Thank y’all for linking up every Monday and sharing the fun of Mouthwatering Mondays with others through your comments, linking back in your posts and visiting each other! Can’t wait to see what y’all have in store for us this week!

 



Fooducation

I blame Flinger for my iPhone addiction.

Sitting next to her on the way home from BlissDom in 2009 her iPhone sang its siren song to me — it taunted my blackberry — I was hooked.

I loved my precious.

I discovered apps, Words With Friends and Angry Birds

For Christmas this past year — Nathan shocked the hell out of me rendered me speechless by giving me the iPhone4

(picture gaping mouth — followed by my silly grin)

Dear Nate — You know me so well.  I Love You

Y’all know the happiness that food and food geekiness bring me :-) I have recently discovered an app that marries my love of food, shopping, the desire for information and my iPhone.

A Moment of Silence For the Happy That is Me

IMG_0963 Dear Fooducate,

I adore you.

Love,  Rachel

Fooducate is this fantastic app that allows you to scan the barcode of an item or 20 in your pantry or in the grocery store and it pulls up product highlights, alternative suggestions and allows you to make comparisons between products.

You can even shake the iPhone when it is on the barcode scan screen and it’ll randomly produce a product — like this:

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The following are screen shots from actual products in my pantry — you know, because y’all want more images.. not because I went a bit overboard for 30 minutes trying to find items in my house containing barcodes so that I could play with my new app. (ahem)

Dear Chili-Garlic Sauce,
I can’t quit you.

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Grape Nuts with Blueberries

Served with milk or topping Greek Yogurt

Nomgasm

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My Favorite Pasta EVAH

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Seriously, y’all.  Download this — go play.

Come back and tell me what you found and what your favorite part of Fooducate is.

I may or may not be hitting up random grocery stores to scan and um… Aliah — Mindy — just turn a blind eye if you see me in your pantries… k?

 

I am in no way sponsored or compensated for this post.  I just discovered Fooducate and I love it and want to share its foodtastic geeky iPhone app delightfulness with y’all.

Boots That Burn

(calories that is)

So, if you know me, even a bit — you know that THESE are my boots
my boots

They’re comfortable, super seriously comfortable and they’re cute.

You also know that if I’m not wearing those boots, I’m wearing these (or the brown ones)

my flip flops

My feet must be comfortable and cute is a nice bonus.

I remember meeting Leah at Blissdom last year and three things about her really stood out, her personality, her smile and her hawt. red. boots.

Leah praised these boots, raved about them and their special incline that puts the toes above the heels thus causing you to burn more calories and tone your muscles while you wear them.

You better believe she had my attention. Muscle toning shoes that don’t make you look as if you’re walking on bubbles — yes, please.

When Leah asked me later, if I would like to review a pair and give a pair away, it was an easy yes.

When the box with my boots arrived last week, I must admit, it wasn’t love at first sight.

Remember my boots and flip flops from above — I like cute and girly

These were a bit more bad-ass motorcycle chick looking.

Earth boots

They are nothing I would have ever picked out for myself, however — I kinda dug feeling like a kick-butt chick with them on.

Nathan gave them two thumbs up.

I put them on and wore them around the house while cleaning (we have hard floors — if I’m not wearing shoes in the house at all times, my feet hurt).

After about 5 minutes, my legs felt weird — yep,  there’s that incline thing working.

Saturday was cold and drizzly and I had to coach two soccer games.  Usually, after 5 minutes on the soccer fields my toes are soaking wet and freezing and my feet are miserable.

I decided to put my new Earth Boots on and I wore them – from 7:45 AM to 1:00 PM– my feet stayed dry, the soft inner lining kept my calves warm and I had no problem keeping up with my team of 6, 7 and 8 year old kids.  The boots flexed and moved really easily with me.

I’ve only worn them a few times but, I can tell you this:  I can feel it when I wear them and I’m walking a lot, they look really good with my jeans and I totally feel kick butt when I wear them :-)

The generous people at Earth Footwear and Mamavation have given one of my readers the opportunity to win the same pair of Acclaim boots that I received!!! That’s a $189 value!

Y’all know I like to keep things simple — so, here’s the lowdown:

  • Mandatory First Entry – Go visit Earth’s website and tell me what your favorite pair of boots are (Men’s or Women’s)
  • Bonus:  Tweet this giveaway and leave the Tweet URL in a separate entry
  • Go “like” Earth Footwear on Facebook and tell them on their wall that A Southern Fairytale sent ya, then come tell me that you did it in the comments

Remember — each entry must be in a separate comment.

This giveaway is open from today, November 17th, 2010 to Friday, November 19th, 2010 at 10:00 CST at which time I’ll use Comment Contest to choose a winner.

Thank you so much to Earth Footwear and Leah for the great pair of boots and giveaway for my readers! MWAH

*** This Contest is Now Closed***

Thank you to everyone who entered!!! 192 entries!

Congratulations to the winner! Linda

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