One of my first cooking memories is standing on a step stool at my grandmother's kitchen counter making miniature fried peach pies from her leftover scraps of dough. "Mama" Huskey was a fabulous, old-fashioned cook. She was quite a stickler when it came to her personal appearance however in the kitchen she was anything but neat and tidy. She was one who could twirl around the kitchen a time or two, slinging pots and pans hither and yon, and lay out a table full of food before you hardly knew what was happening and all the while wearing her "earbobs" and a good dose of red rouge. This is her recipe for using leftover biscuits and is the ultimate in comfort food.
biscuits
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 cup sugar
2 egg yolks, beaten2 cups milk
1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring
2 egg whites
2 teaspoons powdered sugar
Slice leftover biscuits and arrange in an 8x8-inch baking dish.

Beat the 2 egg whites with the powdered sugar until stiff. Spread over pudding and return to oven for about 6-7 minutes, or until lightly browned.
I'm quite sure Mama's biscuits were the from-scratch variety while mine on the other hand, were some leftover Pillsbury Grands. Maybe next time I'll be brave and try the homemade kind.
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