Does anyone know how Hardees makes their buttermilk biscuits so nice and shapely? You know, they're all perfect cylinders with flat tops? You can't roll the dough out and cut it with a cookie cutter, because there isn't enough leavening to raise them, and they become flat and heavy. So if anyone has any ideas I'd really appreciate it:) P.S. I'm not really looking for a recipe, unless it has some special leavener in it that normal recipes don't have.
2007-01-19 10:47:43 · 2 answers · asked by Aurelius 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Ummmm, No. Salt is not a leavening agent in anyway shape or form. Leavening is caused by the release of gas (i.e. yeast) or steam (i.e. whipped egg whites). The only function salt has in food is to "lift" the flavor, as they say in the culinary world, or used for curing, etc. I'm not saying that there isn't a chemical that table salt (NaCl) won't react with to produce heat or gas, but I know that if there is, it's most definitely not edible.
2007-01-20 03:56:59 · update #1
Instead of rolling the dough, pat it out. Or if you are making drop biscuits, you just drop them on the baking sheet and there you go.
Oh, and here is a recipe any way ;)
2007-01-20 06:25:53 · answer #1 · answered by Heather B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Salt actually does leaven. Then one rolls and cuts.
2007-01-20 11:42:56 · answer #2 · answered by Thankyou4givengmeaheadache 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋