Does anyone have a great recipe for homemade biscuits?

Question

I usually use self-rising flour, shortening, and buttermilk. Anyone do anything different?

Answer 1

2 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cup shortening
3/4 cup milk

n a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
Cut in the shortening until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
Stir in the milk and knead the dough gently.Roll out to 1/2-inch thickness. Cut with a 2-1/2 inch biscuit cutter or you can use the aluminum glass. Place on a lightly greased baking sheet and bake at 450 degrees for 10 to 15 minutes or until golden brown.

Answer 2

Done Buttered Biscuits

2 cups Bisquick
1 stick butter, melted
8 ozs. sour cream
1. Mix together Bisquick, butter and sour cream.
2. Place by teaspoonfuls into buttered minimuffin tins.
3. Bake in a preheated 400ºF oven for about 15 minutes or until golden brown. Serve with your favorite jelly, jam or preserves. You won't need butter. Makes 12-18 minibiscuits.

Note: These freeze beautifully after they are baked.
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Lighter-than-Air Buttermilk Biscuits

1/3 cup butter, cut up
2 cups S/R flour
¾ cup buttermilk

Preheat oven to 425ºF. Cut butter in flour w/ pastry cutter. Add buttermilk and stir just until all dry ingredients are incorporated. Turn dough onto lightly floured surface and gently knead (fold over itself) 4-5 times. This develops layers. Pat or roll to ¾” thick; cut with a round biscuit cutter. Bake for 12-14 minutes. Bursh w/ melted butter if desired.

Yiled: 7 (2½”) biscuits

--Southern Living
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You can also make a decent biscuit out of nothing more than S/R flour and whipping cream. Just add cream and stir until the right consistency; cut and bake as usual.

Answer 3

DOWN-HOME BISCUITS
(Southern Buttermilk Biscuits)


2 cups soft winter wheat flour, such as White Lily, unsifted or
1 3/4 cups regular all-purpose flour
4 tsp. baking powder
1 Tbsp. sugar
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 cup shortening
3/4 cup + 2 Tbsp. buttermilk
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Mix dry ingredients. With pastry blender or 2 knives, cut in shortening until crumbly.

Make well in center of flour; pour in all buttermilk, tossing gently with fork until flour is just moistened. Do not overmix. Dough should be very sticky. Turn dough out onto floured surface; with floured hands, knead very lightly once or twice. Pat dough out evenly into 3/4" thick round. Cut out biscuits and place on ungreased baking sheet. Gather dough scraps and repat, cut out biscuits. Bake 12 minutes or until golden.

Answer 4

Baking powder biscuits

2 c. sifted flour
3 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/3 c. crisco
3/4 c. milk

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. In a bowl, combine first three ingredients. Cut in Crisco. Add milk;stir with fork until well blended. Knead 8 to 10 times. Roll dough to 1/2 " thick. Cut with a floured cutter or drinking glass. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet for 12-15 minutes. yield 12 to 16 biscuits.

Answer 5

Here is my standard recipe:

2 cups self-rising flour
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
1 cup whole milk
1 tablespoon sugar

Combine ingredients in a small bowl; stir until all ingredients are well mixed. Drop in greased muffin tins. Bake at 450 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes, or until golden brown. Makes 1 dozen medium biscuits.

Answer 6

Go to foodnetwork.com, and look for biscuit recipes from Paula Deen. She should have some great southern recipes!

Answer 7

My sister learned in her cooking class to replace the liquid in biscuits with 7-up or regular seltzer. I haven't tried it yet tho.