Orange Tea Biscuits

Preparation info
  • Makes at least

    20

    biscuits
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Glory of Southern Cooking

By James Villas

Published 2007

  • About

If any bread evokes a more genteel era in the South, when afternoon tea on porches and verandas was almost a ritual in finer homes, it’s these delicate rolled biscuits enhanced with orange rind and a sugary orange glaze. Just take care not to saturate the dough with the juice mixture; likewise, spread only enough of the mixture over the tops of the slices to give them a light glaze. The biscuits are equally delectable made with fresh lemon. They keep well in an airtight container up to abou