Walmart and Cream Biscuits - Part Two

We really like the America's Test Kitchen recipe for Heavy Cream Biscuits - that means using heavy cream, not having heavy biscuits.
Here's Part One of the making:  http://muddleaged.blogspot.com/2012/03/heavy-cream-biscuits.html

When I mentioned these biscuits to friends, Pat and Betsy, they said that White Lily flour is supposed to make the lightest biscuits.  Sounds good - now to find the flour.

We really like Walmart.com and Amazon.com for all kinds of things.  The best is that you can order something whenever you think of it. . . and it will be here in a couple of days.  And you did not have to:
drive to the store
find it in the store
put it in your cart
take it out of your cart at the register
put it back in your cart
take it out of the cart at the car
put it in the trunk
drive home and open the trunk
take it out
carry it into the house and
put it away.

If you buy it online, you do have to carry it into the house and put it away. . .

But, even better, when shopping online, you can find a huge selection that is not available in your local store.  To get an idea, do a search on walmart.com for bread flour.  Half the time there is none in my store.  Online there are bread flours from Gold Medal, Pillsbury, King Arthur, Bob's Red Mill, Wheat Montana, White Lily, Hodgson Mill, not counting the gluten free and all the strange milled grains.

So I found it at Walmart (it was much more expensive on Amazon - I always comparison shop) - White Lily All-Purpose flour.  It arrived today.  Now to test it!

Seventeen minutes later:

They are amazingly light.

Almost too "short".  They truly melt in your mouth.

What does this tell us?

Alas, I did the scientific no-no.  Everyone knows that you only have one variable in an experiment.
The flour was supposed to be the variable in this recipe experiment.
But I had to make more changes . . . .
I chilled the flour, cream, and cookie sheet.
And I barely handled the dough.
The results were wonderful . . . but we aren't sure why.  I guess I'll just have to make more. . .

These would probably make a great topping for a pot pie.  Or dumplings for chicken and dumplings.

Repeating the recipe:

2 cups All Purpose Flour

1 1/2 cups heavy cream

2 teaspoons baking powder.

450º, 17 minutes

This recipe is a keeper.