All About the Table Magazine-Tailgating Table Top Biscuit Buffet

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Score Big with these fun recipes and ideas. It’s football fever and tailgating fun! At the first sign of fall, when the trees are beginning to dress in brilliantly colored leaves, tailgaters are getting their gear packed and ready for the first collegiate game of the season. Go for the winning touchdown, serve your team a pregame tabletop biscuit buffet tailgate!

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THE QUARTERBACK ...

In this tailgate is the big beautiful biscuit! Basic tender buttermilk biscuits control the flow of the other eats on this table. One recipe with assorted flavors, scones, cinnamon rolls and chocolate tea bread all in 2 bite mini’s.

Tackle the task of cooking for the big game with this easy to create and take, tailgate menu. You won’t be fumbling around the kitchen with these make-ahead dishes.

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Buttermilk Biscuit Recipe Ingredients: 2–cups bread flour 1-tablespoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 2– tablespoons sour cream 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 1/2 cup butter, frozen and grated 1/2 cup buttermilk or half and half 1-tablespoon butter, melted Instructions: Preheat oven to 450.

Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, sour cream, and salt in a large bowl.

With a cheese grater, grate frozen butter* using the largest holes; quickly cut the butter into the flour mixture with two knives or pastry cutter until mixture resembles coarse meal.

Add the buttermilk to flour/butter mixture a little at a time.

Stir until dough forms a ball,

but do not over mix the dough.

On floured surface, turn out the dough and roll out to 1-inch thickness.

Using a 2 ½”-3” round biscuit cutter, or rim of glass, cut the biscuits and place in non greased skillet, or parchment lined baking pan.

Bake biscuits on top rack of oven for 20 minutes or until light brown.

Remove from oven and brush tops with melted butter, return to oven for 5 minutes to a golden brown color.

If biscuit tops brown too quickly cover with foil and continue baking. Inspired Recipe.

To make Cheddar Cheese biscuit use same ingredients as stated but add 1/2 cup shredded Cheddar Cheese and 2 Tablespoons buttermilk., You can also add diced chiles, jalapeno, cooked bacon and sausage. Make it your own!

Note: Be care not to add extra flour, bread flour works best for this recipe.

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Tailgate Menu Buttermilk & Cheddar Cheese Biscuits Mini Chocolate Banana Muffins Mini Current Scones-purchased Mini Cinnamon Pecan Rolls-purchased Fruit Pizza Sugar Cookies with fresh fruit & sweetened cream cheese spread Peppered Sugar Bacon Sausage Patties Ham Slices Purchased Juice & Coffee

Assorted Jams & Jellies Butter- Mayo- Mustard Honey Butter All About the Table Autumn 2023-68

Banana Chocolate Muffins Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter, softened 1 cup sugar 2 eggs 1–1/2 cups all purpose flour 2 tablespoons special dark cocoa 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup mashed bananas 1/2 cup sour cream 1/2 cup chopped toasted walnuts 1/3 cup mini chocolate chips Instructions: Prepare baking pans, 2 large loaf pans or 5 mini loaves with cooking spray, lightly coat with flour. Set aside.

Preheat oven to 350.

In mixing bowl with stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment, cream softened butter and sugar together until creamy and smooth, light and fluffy.

Add eggs one at a time. Beat well after each addition.

Combine together in sifter flour, baking soda, salt and ground cinnamon sift together.

Add flour to egg mixture, add vanilla. Mix on low to blend add bananas, sour cream, walnuts and chips. Mix on low just to blend. Do not over beat or over mix. Spoon or pipe batter into lightly greased mini muffin pans. Bake in preheated 350 oven for 12-15 minutes. Cool, store in covered container.

Yield: 24 mini muffins

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Half Time Charcuterie

What to serve at half time? Try this charcuterie of salami, cheese cubes, assorted crackers and alot of fruits as an appetizer. To make salami rose centerpiece layer 25 salami slices over the rim of a 2" glass, totally fill opening, flip over for rose.

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Tailgate Decor Tips Whether you set up a small table within a tent or in the back of your hatchback, decorating the table is a must for cheering on the team.

For this scape, a 4' table was covered with a navy blue shower curtain, blue and white napkins covered the glass block risers to help elevate the dishes. Varying the heights of the dishes draws your eye to balance and interest to the table top.

Don’t forget to bring out the real dinnerware for presentation of your foods. Add fresh flowers and mini chalk board titles for jams & jellies. For guests, good quality sturdy small paper plates in color scheme will make it easy for clean up.

Fill a large cooler with ice for bottled juice or water and a coffee urn for coffee. Serve creamers and sugar in small white ramekins to coordinate with other white serving pieces.

Offer hand wipes and have a trash can for easy sanitation and clean up after the big event.

As your guest huddle around the tailgate for one more bite of whatever is left, you know your tailgating party is about to end and the big game is about to begin. It is time to paint your face, clean up the place, grab your tickets, and head to the game. These ideas are winners and a shoo-in for MVP (Most Valuable Party-Décor).

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