Recipe: Brown Sugar-Hazelnut Biscuits (using refrigerated biscuit dough)

AUNT BULAH'S BROWN SUGAR-HAZELNUT BISCUITS



Nonstick cooking spray, for greasing
1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter
1/2 cup dark corn syrup
1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped hazelnuts
1 (10 count) tube refrigerated biscuit dough, separated

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9-inch square baking dish with the cooking spray and set aside.

In a medium saucepan over low heat, combine the brown sugar, butter, and corn syrup and cook until the butter has melted. Raise the heat to high and bring the mixture to a soft boil. Cook, uncovered, for 3 to 4 minutes, until the mixture thickens. Remove from the heat and stir in the hazelnuts.

Pour the hazelnut mixture into the prepared baking dish and spread it evenly in the dish. Arrange each round of biscuit dough on top of the hazelnut mixture.

Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, until the biscuits are golden brown and puffy and the hazelnut syrup is bubbling. Remove from the oven.

Transfer to a serving platter and serve warm.

Author's notes:
"Aunt Bulah, my grandmother's enterprising younger sister, owned and operated a popular community grocery store in New Orleans. She always made me feel as though I was the most special person in the world. Once, when Mama and I went to visit her, Aunt Bulah took me to the home of a local dressmaker, Miss Beatrice, as she had commissioned her to design and sew four Sunday dresses for me. I was seven years old, and the thought of wearing pretty dresses designed especially for me made me feel like a movie star. In my mind, Miss Beatrice was the famous Hollywood dressmaker Edith Head and I was the beautiful actress Dorothy Dandridge. Aunt Bulah told me, "Girls need lots of lovely dresses."

Today, when I go into a dress shop, I often get carried away and walk out feeling guilty because I've exceeded my budget. But Aunt Bulah's words always come rushing back to me-"Girls need lots of lovely dresses"-and then I don't feel so bad."

Makes 10 biscuits
Source: Sweet Mornings: 125 Sweet and Savory Breakfast and Brunch Recipes by Patty Pinner (Agate Midway; March 2016, ISBN: 978-1572841864).