Grandma's homemade biscuits. Grease a cast iron pan with butter. Homemade biscuits add a warm and comforting touch to any meal. My grandmother makes these tender biscuits to go with her seafood chowder. —Melissa Obernesser, Utica, New York Grandma's Biscuits Recipe photo by Taste of Home Homemade bread and biscuits are my favorite thing in the whole world.
You can cook Grandma's homemade biscuits using 5 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Grandma's homemade biscuits
- It’s 2 cup of self-rising flour.
- It’s 1/2 tsp of salt.
- Prepare 1/3 cup of shortening.
- You need 3/4 cup of milk (skim, 2%, whole).
- Prepare 1/2 tbsp of melted butter.
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Grandma's homemade biscuits step by step
Mix salt, flour.
Cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse meal.
Add milk, mix until dough is sticky to touch.
Knead dough on floured surface until dough is consistent.
Roll dough until 3/4 inches thick.
Using biscuit cutter, cut out biscuits.
Lightly grease baking pan and place biscuits in pan.
Brush tops with melted butter.
Place in preheated oven for 11 to 15 minutes or until tops are golden brown.
Place cut biscuits in the prepared pan. Pour melted shortening/butter over each biscuit. In a large bowl combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt together. Cut butter into mixture until it begins to look like cornmeal. Make a well with flour mixture and slowly add milk into the middle.
