A couple of weeks back Susan sent me a recipe for Bo-Berry Biscuits from Bojangles. I had never even heard of them but I was intrigued because she said she use my two ingredient biscuit recipe to make them.
Here’s the biscuit recipe:
CREAM BISCUITS
2 cups self-rising flour (I prefer White Lily)
1 cup of heavy whipping cream
Using a ratio of 2 to 1 makes this recipe easily decreased or increased depending on need. Mix flour and cream together and turn out onto a lightly floured surface. Kneed once or twice till mixture comes together, add a little flour if needed. Flatten dough out with hand or rolling pin and cut with a biscuit cutter or glass. Place biscuits on baking pan and bake at 450 degrees for about 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown.
I use the base of the cream biscuits to make cheese biscuits like Red Lobster serves as well as baked hand pies. Both recipes, along with the cream biscuit recipe are in mine and Jim’s cookbook Celebrating Southern Appalachian Food.
Since I was familiar with how versatile the biscuit recipe is I couldn’t wait to try Susan’s recipe for bo-berry biscuits.
I made biscuits like I normally do with heavy cream and self-rising flour and added about a tablespoon or so of sugar.
Once the dough was kneaded and about ready to cut out I pressed blueberries into the dough and folded it over and pressed out again. Once more I added blueberries, folded, and pressed. Then I cut out biscuits like I normally do and baked at 450 for about 12 minutes till they were golden brown.
After I let them cool a bit I added a quick icing made from powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla.
They were so good! I’ve made them several times since and know I’ll be making them the rest of my days.
Last night’s video: We Planted A Whole Lot Of Food.
Tipper
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This comment if off topic of this article but YouTube will NOT allow me to access the comment section on any of your YouTube videos so I came here and clicked on the first post I seen. I just had my special needs granddaughter for 9 days so I’m catching up with your content from the past 9 days I’ve missed. I wanted to mention something about your tomato plants. It may sound Woo’ish to some but there’s scientific evidence to back it up. I’m wondering what your mood was the day you planted the tomato seeds… Were you sad and missing Granny? Perhaps upset in some other way. Stressed out? Evidence shows that we can kill plants, pollute water, make rice turn to mold. Just your words and mood is a frequency. It’s very interesting. There’s numerous scientific studies on turning water toxic by telling it you hate it and it’s ugly versus other jars of water you speak love over. Beautiful water, I love you…and so on. There are various scriptures in this same vein. Study and focus on the good things. Anyhow, I don’t want to ramble on. Just a thought I had about your struggling tomato plants. There seems to be no other logical reason and I have been pondering how powerful our thoughts and feelings are to shape our reality and the people and things around us. I love you all. I’m going to get back to getting my house in order from my monster granddaughter and listening to your videos as I go.
April, thank you! I’m glad you had a good visit with your sweet granddaughter 🙂 We figured out it was the soil. Several folks pointed us in the direction of grazon poisoning from used herbicide. Our plants look just like the examples shown. Although I have been missing Granny I’m always happy to be planting 🙂
I’m going to thank you on behalf of my husband, who will absolutely love these! I was surprised that all you have to do is fold in whole blueberries. And heavy whipping cream biscuits? Who knew? SO excited to try this. Thank you again!
I greatly enjoyed watching you make these biscuits the other day, Tipper, and it’s on my mind to try them myself! The comments on that video inspired me to try to make a copycat of the Hardee’s biscuits that had raisins and glaze on them (for my dad). He loved those biscuits. I have fond memories of him reading the paper and chatting with the locals in the corner of Hardee’s (now closed), with bottomless coffee and a couple cinnamon raisin biscuits. Thanks for evoking that special memory. 🙂
I know I’ve never been to Red Lobster and don’t think I’ve ever seen one. Where are they located?
They are in larger towns. None in our area either. But I used to love to eat at the one in Gainesville GA 🙂
Looks so good. I bet a bit of grated lemon peel in the biscuit batter might take it over the top!
Tipper I’m concerned about Matt getting his first tomato this year!
We have a little store near us selling tomatoes that taste just like I picked them and brought them in the house. I bought a loaf of her homemade bread when I got tomatoes. I toast a slice butter it and lay on a slice of the big tomato…..it’s better than mayo.
I think of Matt every time. I want to send him one in the mail but it would probably be tomato sauce by the time it made it across the River and through the woods to ur house.
Please go get a few big tomato plants at Quincy’s place and get them in the ground girl!!
I’m close to Granny’s age (I’m 80) so I can speak to you like a daughter.
Please let me know if you read this…….Kathy Coale SW Missouri
Kathy thank you! Matt is anxiously awaiting it for sure 🙂
Randy – It was blackberry cornbread but blueberries wouldn’t have made it any better! I made a peach cobbler yesterday using the same recipe you described except mine has a stick of butter in it. I like to eat it refrigerator cold. Last night I had some with real dark chocolate ice cream on it (Blue Bell Ice Cream -it’s more expensive but it’s worth it).
You are right, I thought is was blueberry, should have looked again and the cobbler recipe does have butter added to it. I never worried about how much, I buy my butter in 1lb chunks from a local dairy. You can have all of the chocolate Blue Bell ice you want, just save the strawberry for me.
I just been laying around this morning resting (being lazy) thinking about what I need to be doing, just feeding our outside dog this morning and trying to cook a bite of breakfast wore me out. I have been reading some of the older post and came across one from January 2010 titled Hog Killing in Appalachia. We raised and depended on having a 500lb hog to kill each year along about Thanksgiving. I a very familiar with many of the things mentioned in the comments. I don’t know if this is the same Debbie that has commented about B, but Debbie’s comment about not being chased by hogs but mean roosters reminded me of a free range game rooster we had when I was about 7 years old, anytime I came outside he flogged me. He finally did it one time too many, Daddy stretched his neck out on the chopping block, handed me the axe (problem solved)and said take him to your mama and tell her to fix you some dumplings. Those dumplings shore were good!
My family raised chickens for hatching egg so we had to have one rooster for every ten hens. At first I was afraid of them but as time went on I realized that they couldn’t do much to hurt me. If they start to grow spurs we’d catch them and burn them off. Same with their beaks burned too.
Roosters have a hierarchy like other animals so once you get the best of the baddest one the others tend to leave you alone. I remember one rooster who ruled the roost but forgot who owned it. One 3-pointer (field goal) over a laying nest is all it took. I thought I had killed him (I didn’t care), but eventually he got up and staggered off toward the far end of the building. None of the roosters in that flock bothered me again but every time we raised another flock I had to train the dominate rooster.
Thank you for sharing the recipe here! I watched your video when you made them and these sound so good and easy to make and I’m going to make them now that I have your recipe.
We are at a gorgeous 60 degrees and it’s not even noon yet. Whohoo! I so enjoyed your gardening video last evening. It was so sweet seeing Ira running around and helping. My grandchildren love to go in the garden with us. I watched you make these blueberry biscuits the other night and I am so glad to have the recipe now in written form. Hubby loves blueberries, so I think this is one I have to try. I promised my youngest grandson to make chocolate chip cookies today. It’s his 3rd birthday. He already had a little family party with cake this past weekend. Today, he’s getting his gift from us and a big cookie. I hope everyone has a blessed day!
If anyone can pray for my sister who’s just been discharged from the hospital after suffering a hip fracture, it would be much appreciated, to help her get through the rehabilitation process.
Anyhow, as far as berries and muffins/biscuits/any other type of baked goods goes, I can’t get the scene in Casino out of my mind, where Robert DeNiro, who’s officially in charge of the food and beverage department of his hotel-casino (and behind the scenes, in charge of the whole operation) brings before him the baker who makes the blueberry muffins and tells him to the effect of, “Why are there so many berries in THIS muffin, and barely any in THAT one? I want the same number in EVERY muffin! Count them!” The baker says, “Do you know how long that would take?” DeNiro says, “I DON’T CARE! Do it!” DeNiro was NOT someone you wanted to rile. 😉
I will pray for her. I hope she recovers quickly!
Thank You Kindly!
This sounds like a delicious variation of your biscuits! Have you ever tried wild blueberries? You can find them frozen at Walmart or Trader Joe’s, if that store is in your area. They are smaller, naturally sweeter, & have more antioxidants than regular blueberries. I won’t go back to regular blueberries now, & look forward to trying these biscuits! Cindy
Oh boy do we love Bo Berry biscuits!! I have been making them for years ever since I got your two ingredient biscuit recipe. We have to have biscuits real often or we go into withdrawal……hahaha. Love and prayers to all!!!
I watched your video as you made those delicious-looking treats. It would be dangerous if I made the two-cup flour recipe without others here to share it. A Bojangles restaurant opened in my town a few years ago, causing traffic chaos for miles around. I’m not sure if the folks who waited hours to be served went there for the biscuits or the chicken. The biscuits would be my guess. Thanks for sharing your recipe, which will be just as good, as it saves me money and a trip to town.
Hi Tipper,
When you make frosting for these biscuits, add some lemon juice instead of vanilla. lemon and blueberry together are great.
Morning everyone. Yes it is a little cold. I turned on the heat the other night cause the temps would be low while we were sleeping. I’m usually planted my tomatoes this week. But it might get cold again. I haven’t even cleaned up all the beds from the stuff growing in them. I’m moving slow because it’s either too cold, too hot or too many little snakes. Only 3 so far, but I don’t mind them. They are cute and eat mice. I plan on making the biscuits, but our bush doesn’t have any blue berries ripe yet. Not that it matters. We have yet to get any grapes, raspberries, blueberries, and Mull berry trees spring up everywhere, and now a dewberry bush sprung up. We have too many birds. Our biggest thief is the Brown Thrasher. I think that’s what they are. It’s alright , I get berries at the store. I enjoy all the birds. I enjoy all your garden videos. Just one thing, you make me feel guilty. Your garden is so neat. Anna from Arkansas.
I seldom go out to eat any restaurant anymore. I live 15 miles away to the nearest Bojangles, Hardee’s, Burger King or McDonalds. In the past I have ate the Bo-Berry biscuits but my favorite biscuit is their ham biscuit and the largest bag of Bo-Round potatoes. I have read two of the past post this morning, one Ed’s story about blueberry cornbread and guinea eggs. I remember in one of Jerry Cowers story he mentioned buzzard eggs, so I reckon it could have been worse. I heard the recipe for the blueberry cobbler pie called 3 cup cobbler – 1cup each of flour, sugar, milk, and can be used with about any kind of fruit.
Good cloudy morning here from west central IL. We had a pop up thunderstorm in the early morning hours. After last week’s storms, tornado warnings (45 minutes in my basement) 3″ of rain that flooded my lane and washed away an 8 ft section of my driveway :'( I’m a bit gunshy when seeing lightning and hearing thunder. I was able to walk through the creek bed and catch a ride for bloodwork and my rock guy had me back in business so I could drive out for chemo last Wednesday. I’m hopeful the chemo is working. My tumor markers are up slightly this month but hopeful and prayerful I’m on the way to getting rid of the cancer again. Prayers continue for all on here but Little B and Pappaw Tony are really on my mind. No child or parent should have to deal with cancer. Until a few months ago, I’d never heard of Bo-berry biscuits. I watch another YouTuber, Tae Brice and that girl is always making a copycat version of popular food items at home and we all know homemade is better!!! I love the simplicity of your biscuit recipe, Tipper, so when I decide to give these a whirl, I’ll start with it. May everyone here have a beautiful week ahead. I will be planting my “yarden”(no till garden for past 25 or so years, this coming weekend. I always aim for Mother’s Day weekend to plant my bounty. I’ve had a hard frost after that time but it’s rare. Just can’t wait to dig in the dirt!!
Still praying for you Kim!!
Several years ago you shared your two ingredients biscuit recipe here on your blog. I tried it and we loved it. I’ve been making biscuits that way ever since. Thank you so much. Now, I’ve got to make some of those blueberry biscuits!
I made a living for 17 years making homemade biscuits. I’ve never made the though. I’m gonna try your way. I think I’ll try this too, I love blueberries. I loved the video and from all y’all’s reaction I’m gonna try.
Good morning! Yum! And since you mentioned White Lily, that’s the ONLY self-rising flour, and ONLY the UNBLEACHED White Lily self-rising flour, I’ve found that has NON-ALUMINUM baking powder in it. It’s ironic, Kroger is the only store here that sells NON-ALUMINUM baking powder (and also the kind WITH aluminum) for use with whatever brand all-purpose flour. Both of those are options to avoid aluminum. It’s controversial, but aluminum “might” be a contributor to Alzheimer’s. Anyway, can’t hurt to avoid it with such good alternatives! Thanks for sharing the heavy whipping cream option too! Easier than cutting in butter and then adding milk, the other 2 ingredients I use when using White Lily UNBLEACHED self-rising flour. Know what sounds good too? Honey biscuits!
Good morning Tipper and Acorns. I loved your Bo Biscuits recipe video. TY for the recipe. They have had Cinnamon biscuits, Salted Caramel Apple Crisp Biscuits and Strawberry Shortcake Biscuits. All of those were toppings instead of worked into the dough. It was 28 F here again this morning. The weather channel said it would be in the 40’s. I had a feeling it would be clear and cold and it was. I hope no one lost anything in their gardens last night/this morning. I loved watching y’all in the garden on last evenings video. I keep everyone here and up Wilson Holler in my prayers. TY all for your prayers for my son, Ed and me. He was kind of happy yesterday. Praise GOD, I haven’t seen him like that in months. I love y’all.
Hey Barbara, I have a little sister, Barbara, in heaven. And Edward is my Dad’s and older brother’s name. Hey, there were 5 Paul Miller’s in the phone book when we moved here, and I wasn’t in there yet! (that was back in 1982 when we had phone books; right?) Every day is FULL of wonder and possibilities. Keep looking UP!
Those look and sound delicious! I’ll be trying these. Thanks for sharing! Your gardens look beautiful. Our weather is still too cool to plant yet.
Update on some of those prayers. I talked to B’s mamaw last night. She said B continues to stay in good spirits. She is talking a bit better and is able to walk a bit better. They continue with radiation on the tumor, but it is agitating it. We continue to pray for a miracle.
My brother in law received good news on Friday. His tumors have shrunk back to normal and his spleen is back to normal. He starts a second chemo pill and will continue on those for two years. We give God all the glory!
Our aunt took a backset with her bladder cancer. It’s not the cancer but the side effects after removing the tumors.
I have a prayer list going of requests I see here and we continue to pray for all y’all too. May you find many blessings in your day!
Thank you for the updates! I will keep praying 🙂
Debbie, thank you for the updates, I sent B a card. Her story really gets to me. I would ask you to add me to your prayer list, I haven’t said anything about this, one week ago last Saturday, I briefly blacked/passed out while cooking breakfast, and broke out in a cold sweat, since then I am feeling better almost normal but am weak as water. I know, go to the doctor, but if they send you somewhere for tests and when you have to go by yourself it is not that easy. This year, Michelin kicked all their retirees on Medicare out of their employee medical center. The gave an excuse of not being setup for Medicare but had been letting us come for many years, the real reason was money, can’t make as much off Medicare patients. It was easy for me to go there.
Randy, I will pray for you!!
good morning, it’s about 40° again, got to turn on a little heat, everybody have a great day God bless you