Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
“Seriously, you’ve never heard of a biscuit?” we’d asked Chris, after he’d told us about the life-altering bisquete he’d had in Mexico City. “This is unlike ANY other biscuit,” he insisted, many times throughout this process. They’re unusual in that the recipe calls for two kinds of leaveners: both baking powder and yeast, for double the rise and fluffiness.
In any case, for the past month, we’ve been talking about, thinking about, and consuming more fluffy biscuits than is probably reasonable—we don’t regret a single bite.
Get the recipe for Maque-Style Mexican Biscuits here: bit.ly/3YCLMte
0:00 How to make Mexican Bisquetes
0:14 What is a bisquete?
1:53 What is reverse creaming?
2:23 Why do recipes call for pea-sized pieces of butter?
3:34 How to shape Mexican biscuits (bisquetes)
5:43 Why do all ovens bake differently?
6:37 How are Mexican bisquetes different from traditional American biscuits?
#milkstreetrecipe #bestrecipe #bestrecipewedneverheardof #bisquetes #bisqueterecipe #easyrecipe #food #baking #milkstreetbakes #recipe
“Seriously, you’ve never heard of a biscuit?” we’d asked Chris, after he’d told us about the life-altering bisquete he’d had in Mexico City. “This is unlike ANY other biscuit,” he insisted, many times throughout this process. They’re unusual in that the recipe calls for two kinds of leaveners: both baking powder and yeast, for double the rise and fluffiness.
In any case, for the past month, we’ve been talking about, thinking about, and consuming more fluffy biscuits than is probably reasonable—we don’t regret a single bite.
Get the recipe for Maque-Style Mexican Biscuits here: bit.ly/3YCLMte
0:00 How to make Mexican Bisquetes
0:14 What is a bisquete?
1:53 What is reverse creaming?
2:23 Why do recipes call for pea-sized pieces of butter?
3:34 How to shape Mexican biscuits (bisquetes)
5:43 Why do all ovens bake differently?
6:37 How are Mexican bisquetes different from traditional American biscuits?
#milkstreetrecipe #bestrecipe #bestrecipewedneverheardof #bisquetes #bisqueterecipe #easyrecipe #food #baking #milkstreetbakes #recipe
