Biscuits. Experimentation and a need for more biscuits per batch led me to what we think are the best biscuits anywhere! For optimum flavor, these must be baked in hot, buttered cast iron skillets. They are great for breakfast with gravy or jellies.
You can have Biscuits using 7 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Biscuits
- It’s 2 cups of self-rising flour.
- You need 1 1/2 tsp of white granulated sugar.
- Prepare 1 1/2 tsp of baking powder.
- You need 1/4 tsp of salt.
- It’s 3/8 cup (6 tbsp) of shortening.
- It’s 1/4 cup (4 tbsp) of cold butter.
- Prepare 1 cup of buttermilk.
Arrange on a greased baking sheet. 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.
Biscuits instructions
Preheat oven to 450 degrees..
Cut the butter into small pieces and stick back in the fridge pulling out only when ready to incorporate into the dough..
Whisk together the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt..
Cut butter and shortening into dry ingredients..
Mix in buttermilk and gently knead just a couple of times..
Roll out and cut into rounds..
Brush tops with additional buttermilk..
Bake for 15-20 min. until brown on top..
Brush with melted butter immediately after removing from oven..
Enjoy !.
Place the biscuits on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Brush the Tops and Bake: Before baking the biscuits, brush the tops with milk, buttermilk or cream. This helps the tops of the biscuits to brown as they bake. The first step to making great simple biscuits is to whisk together your dry ingredients. Use the biggest mixing bowl you got and just give the flour, baking powder and salt a quick whisk—just to get them incorporated.
