Polka Dot Pull-Aparts Attempt #1!

The kids are at my in-laws as they are most Thursday nights, so it was time to try out a Bake-Off recipe idea. The first one had to be my best bet, the Polka Dot Pull-Aparts.

I lined the 9" round cake pan bottom with waxed paper. That 9" cake pan looked really small. Maybe I only needed 20 biscuits. I was thinking 30 of the little tiny biscuits that come in the 4-pack. Then I got 3 quart-sized Ziplok bags and put 1/4 cup sugar in each, followed by 4 drops of food coloring, red, yellow and blue. The red looked more like pink, so I put 3 more drops in, but the color didn't change. Oh well. Got the blueberry and apricot preserves out, and found the jar of strawberry jam in the fridge instead of the strawberry preserves which is too chunky. Then got out the biscuits. I'd do 7 each of two flavors and 6 of the last. Then I got a small glass bowl and melted a stick of butter in the microwave.

I started out slicing open each biscuit, stuffing it with 1/4 teaspoon of jam, pinching it closed, trying to form a ball. I decided it was better to slice all the biscuits for that jam flavor at once, then fill them all, then pinch them all closed. More assembly-line that way. Then three biscuits at a time in the butter just for a quick dip, in the bag of sugar, and in the pan. My hands got really messy. Got out a slotted spoon and used that to take the biscuits out of the butter and into the sugar bag, than took them out of the sugar bag by hand. Had to wash my hands and the measuring spoon inbetween flavors, as well as wipe off the cutting board. The paring knife is too small, I think; need a bigger sized blade.

Arranged them all in the pan. The colors are very bright. Set the timer for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes it was just light brown, so I gave it another 3. Took it out, loosened the sides with a knife, flipped it over to a dinner plate. Hm. The blue and yellow had run together to make green. All of the colors bled into each other, actually. I hollered for Mike and he gave his usual half-hearted "yay" which means "I'm acting like I'm happy for you but what do you want?" He grabbed a fork even though I said it was hot. He didn't like how the outside was so crunchy. The monkey bread I made earlier in the week was soft on the outside. He didn't seem to like it. After he left, I poked at it. The biscuits seemed a little raw in the middle and crunchy on the outside. I am not pleased with the results. I still think this is a good idea but I'm not sure what to do next. Blah.