ginger and cream biscuits

cook's illustrated offers a variety of great simple recipes, and this one is a classic.  it can be varied a number of different ways for breakfast, lunch or tea.  these biscuits use the standard ingredients including heavy cream, flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.  but, the choices make the difference. 

for these, i  tried crystallized ginger. using only 3 tablespoons mixed into the batter made the difference.  they were tasty and not sweet.  personally, i think even adding more would make the biscuit even more flavorful.  other suggestions given in the recipe would be to make these biscuits adding fresh herbs or 1/2 cup of cheddar cheese.  baking time would increase by a minute or two to make certain the cheese is fully incorporated.