How do you make good buiscuits?

Question

I tried making them but they cook from the outside but not from the inside

Answer 1

Buttermilk Biscuits

2 C Martha White all purpose flour
2 t baking powder
¼ t soda
¾ t salt
¼ cup shortening
1 cup buttermilk

Mix well all dry ingredients. Cut in shortening until mixture resembles very coarse crumbs. Add buttermilk and mix well but lightly. Turn out onto lightly floured surface. Knead lightly just until smooth. Roll to about ½ inch thickness. Cut with cutter to desired shape. Place on lightly greased sheet and bake at 450° for 10-12 minutes. Makes about 12 biscuits.

For regular biscuits, use recipe above, omit soda, increase baking powder to 3 teaspoons. Use about ¾ cup of regular milk.

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Angel Biscuits

2½ cups flour
2 T sugar
1½ t baking powder
½ t soda
½ t salt
6 T shortening
1 pkg. dry yeast
2 T warm water
1 cup buttermilk
½ stk butter melted

Dissolve yeast in warm water. Mix all dry ingredients. Cut in shortening until mixture looks like coarse meal. Add yeast mixture and buttermilk. Roll out and cute into shapes for biscuits. Dip in melted butter and place on baking pan. Let biscuits rise slightly, then bake at 400° for about 15 min. Biscuits can be refrig. or frozen until ready to use.

Answer 2

My husband loves biscuits for breakfast so I make them almost every other day for him

Most biscuit recipes do not call for enough baking powder and the biscuits do not rise properly. Biscuit mix has sugar in it and I don't like it.

3 1/4 cups flour
6 teaspoons baking powder (be sure the baking powder is fresh and had not expired - lots of people make this mistake and the biscuits will not rise)
1/2 teaspoon salt

sift this

The take 2/3 cup crisco and work into the dry ingredients until it is a little bigger than cornmeal

2/3 cup cold sweet milk ( if you want to use sour milk or butter milk add 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda)

Stir lightly to get the doug wet and make into a ball - refrigerate

Oven - 375 preheat

Roll out the biscuits and cut them (I use an clean tuna can)

Lay them on a flat baking sprayed with Pam or buttered - sheet and pain each one with one egg yolk beatend into some heavy cream - this makes them golden brown on top)

Bake about 25 or 35 mins.

Answer 3

Sweet Potato Biscuits
Who says that sweet potatoes are just for side dishes and southern pies? Stir sweet potatoes into biscuits for a nice flavor change.

Prep Time:10 min
Start to Finish:20 min
Makes:16 biscuits

2 1/2cups Original Bisquick® mix
1/3cup butter or margarine, softened
1cup mashed cooked sweet potato
1/2cup milk

1.Heat oven to 450°F. Stir all ingredients until soft dough forms.
2.Place dough on surface sprinkled with Bisquick mix; roll in Bisquick mix to coat. Shape into a ball; knead 3 or 4 times. Roll 1/2 inch thick. Cut with 2 1/2-inch round cutter dipped in Bisquick mix. Place with edges touching on ungreased cookie sheet.
3.Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm.
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft) Heat oven to 475°F. Decrease butter to 1/4 cup. Bake about 15 minutes.

Answer 4

Buy a box of bisquick and follow the directions.

Answer 5

I just use Bisquick. It's really easy and they're good.