What is a good recipe for homemade biscuits?

Question

I've tried to make them using self-rising flour, a little milk, crisco, and butter. But they always come out to dry. Someone please help.

Answer 1

An award-winning recipe.

THE BISCUITS
A Famous and Secret Restaurant Recipe For Buttermilk Biscuits
Preparation time: about 20 minutes...the best 20 minutes you'll probably ever spend cooking! Serves 12-16.

Ingredients:
3/4 cup shortening
4 1/2 cups flour
4 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoons soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups buttermilk

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F
Combine flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder
Cut shortening into mixture with pastry blender until size of peas
Add buttermilk and stir until it holds together
Turn out onto a floured surface or pastry cloth
Knead 10 times
Roll 3/4 to 1 inch thick and cut with proper cutter
Place on sheet pan and brush with melted butter (be generous)
Bake for 10-12 minutes, depending on your oven

Answer 2

Homemade Biscuits
20 min 5 min prep
12 servings

2 cups flour, sifted
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon table salt
3-4 tablespoons shortening
2/3-3/4 cup milk

Sift flour with baking powder & salt.
Cut in shortening till mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
Add milk all at once and mix till mixture follows fork around bowl.
Turn out on lightly floured board.
Knead gently for about 1/2 minute.
Roll or pat 1/2 inch thick.
Flour rim of glass or biscuit cutter and cut out biscuits.
Put on (ungreased) cookie sheet and bake at 450 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes.

Answer 3

This is a tried and true recipe that was passed down from my grandma to my mom and now to me...I LOVE them, but it seems so simple! The secret to keeping them soft is also in this recipe!

2 cups all-purpose flour/1 cup all-purpose flour
3 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1/2 cup shortening (crisco)
1 cup milk

Preheat your oven to 500*. Combine the 1st 3 ingredients and work in the shortening until it resembles coarse crumbs. Add the milk and stir together until well mixed. The dough should be soft and wet.

Pour the remaining 1 cup of flour into a bowl. Flour your hands and dip your hand into the wet dough- pulling off a biscuit sized portion of dough. Roll the piece of dough lightly in flour and roll it gently into a smooth ball in the palm of your hand. The inside should remain wet.

Place, lightly touching each other in a lightly greased 9 in round pan or baking sheet and pat slightly to flatten a little. Bake until lightly browned (about 10 minutes)

These are sooooo yummy!

Hope this helps!

Answer 4

Biscuits - Homestyle:

2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
2 TBS sugar
2/3 cup 1 percent fat buttermilk
3 1/3 TBS vegetable oil

1. Preheat over 450 degrees
2. Med bowl:flour,
BP,Soda,Salt & Sugar.
3. Sm bowl: combine oil
and buttermilk. Pour over flour mix and stir until blended.
4.On lightly floured surface, knead dough gently 10/12 strokes. Roll or pat 3/4-inch thickness. Cut 2 inch rounds and bake about 12 minutres.

Yield: 12 servings

Answer 5

KFC Kentucky Biscuits recipe

Source: kfc.com/food/biscuits.htm

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
2/3 cup milk
1/3 cup vegetable shortening

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
Sift together flour, salt, sugar and baking powder into mixing bowl. Make a well in the flour mix and add the milk. Add shortening and begin kneading with hands (to cut in) the vegetable shortening and flour in the milk until thoroughly mixed. Add milk, if needed to form, and mix. Turn onto floured board, and knead gently 6 to 8 times. Pat dough to 1/2-inch thickness. Cut into biscuits. Place on baking sheet and brown in oven 10 to 13 minutes.
Servings: 9
http://www.recipegoldmine.com/cck/k26.html

Answer 6

Buttermilk Biscuits
INGREDIENTS
4 cups self-rising flour
1 tablespoon white sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
2/3 cup shortening
2 cups buttermilk
1/4 cup buttermilk
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease two baking sheets.
In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar and baking powder; stir well. Cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse cornmeal. Add 2 cups buttermilk and mix just to moisten.
Roll out dough to 1 inch thick and cut into biscuits. Place biscuits on prepared baking sheets; brush tops with remaining 1/4 cup buttermilk.
Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes, or until golden.

Beer Biscuits
1 dozen
INGREDIENTS
2 cups all-purpose flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup shortening
3/4 cup beer
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Cut in shortening until it has cornmeal consistency. Stir in beer, and knead lightly.
Roll dough out to 1/2 inch thickness. Cut with biscuit cutter.
Bake 10 to 12 minutes, or until golden brown.

Mayonnaise Biscuits
"This is a simple but tasty biscuit recipe. You don't taste the mayo, but it gives the biscuits a light and fluffy texture. For rolled and cut biscuits, use just enough milk to hold it together."
1 dozen biscuits
INGREDIENTS
2 cups self-rising flour
1 cup milk
6 tablespoons mayonnaise
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
In a large bowl, stir together flour, milk, and mayonnaise until just blended. Drop by spoonfuls onto lightly greased baking sheets.
Bake for 12 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden brown.

Answer 7

2 cups of white lily self-rising flour, cut up 1/2 stick i can't believeits not butter with a fork till chunks are size of beans, add 2/3 cup buttermilk into mix until lightly moistened, roll ONCE on floured surface, cut out biscuits and bake in 500 degree oven, touching, till brown. this recipe has won awards.

Answer 8

I agree with the Foodnetwork.com Paula Dean's recipe. I have made them several times. I don't care for biscuits....but because these have yeast I thought I would try. Everyone LOVES them. I warn you....the recipe makes a TON of biscuits. My recommendation is to half the recipe but use all of the yeast. I have done that twice and they are perfect! Enjoy!

Answer 9

Go to Foodtv.com. Go to Paula's home cooking site. She made some a week or 2 ago and they looked really good. They had yeast in them but you didn't have to let then rise. I haven't tried them yet but plan to soon. There are alot of good recipes on there. Good Luck.

Answer 10

dry biscuits are good