Vintage Recipe Review- Basil Roquefort Biscuits from Gourmet Magazine June 1960

Hey everyone! Last month I started a new series with you guys where I make and review old recipes from my collection of vintage magazines. Last month is was a butter citrus glazed cake that was yummy. This month I wanted to try something from one of my old Gourmet magazines. My mom and I got together and decided to try a recipe for Basil Roquefort Biscuits from a June 1960 issue of Gourmet.

Here is the original recipe:

We did not have any regular flour, so we substituted self rising flour, and omitted the baking powder and soda. The biscuits did not rise very well, they were more dense. I think they would have been fluffier perhaps if I had used regular flour and the added baking soda and powder. The dough seemed a bit sticky, so we had to use a bunch of flour and instead of rolling out the dough I just patted it to size with my hands. It didn’t call for chilling the dough, but I think that may have made it easier to roll out with a pin like the recipe calls for.

Even though the biscuits were not as fluffy as we had imagined and we though for sure they would be hockey pucks, they were delicious! These were probably some of the best biscuits I have ever had, and I live in the south y’all! The texture was more dense and you really got a rich flavor from the Roquefort but it didn’t have an overpowering blue flavor like I was expecting. We melted a little butter and brushed the tops of the biscuits with it. We tried a few different combinations of toppings with them and ate them plain too. We warmed up a little black forest ham to stack on them, and it was a really yummy pairing. My favorite combo was to spread a little fig jam on them and then top with a little of the ham. My dad and hubby were totally loving them too! I think this recipe was certainly a keeper! I know we will definitely be making them again sometime as a treat. I hope you all will give this recipe a try sometime! Let me know what you think about it! I’ll be back soon with another recipe review, maybe something for Easter, we’ll see…

Of course what would a recipe review be without these chowhounds…

Needless to say, they very much enjoyed the little bites of biscuits they got too!