Monday, August 23, 2010

The Ever Loved Biscuit


I'm servin' up biscuits! There's not too many who can resist a biscuits hot from the oven. When you open it up, steam comes rising up and you proceed to place a good helping of butter right in the middle and immediately it starts to run down the sides. Makes me want to just think about it.


I have heard people say that they cannot make homemade biscuits, well I am hear to help! I think the main thing that people do wrong, is that they handle the dough too much. First rule...try to handle the dough as little as possible. Second rule, make them until you do it right. Sometimes it just take knowing when the dough looks right in order to have a great biscuit.

Here is how I do it:


2 cups bread flour

1 tablespoon baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon sugar

A pinch of baking soda

about a cup of buttermilk

1/3 cup of butter

Preheat oven to 425 degrees, bake for 10 -12 minutes or until browned on top


1.Mix all dry ingredients and make a well in the flour mixture

2. Add your butter. I have made them with shortening, oil and even with no butter or shortening and they come fine. They are just not as good. Then cut the butter into the flour mixture until it resembles cornmeal.

2.Then pour buttermilk and stir just till it all comes together and all ingredients are moistened.

3. Roll out on a floured board and pat out the dough to about an inch thick.

4. Cut out as many biscuits as possible at one time. Then pick up remaining pieces to cut out more biscuit.

You will get about a dozen depending on the size of your biscuit cutter

By the way, my husband has put in for a few dozen tomorrow morning for his work. The kitchen will be open very early.

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