Dive Into Butter Swim Biscuits

New York Times

19 hours ago

Father's Day is tomorrow, as all the emails in your inbox have alerted you to. I don't presume to know what your dad likes, but I do know that a freshly baked biscuit is always a treat. Especially a biscuit that has the words 'butter swim' in front of it.
I'll let Naz Deravian describe her recipe: 'The batter is combined in one bowl and then spread over melted butter, giving the impression of a batter swimming in butter, as the name suggests. While the biscuits bake, they absorb all the buttery goodness and crisp up around the edges.' You can watch a video of Naz's biscuits in butter-swimming action here, and find more Father's Day cooking ideas here.
(To go on your biscuits: strawberry jam, raspberry jam, plum-ginger jam, fig-rosemary jam, lemon curd. Oh, and pimento cheese.)
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