A cross between hot rolls and biscuits since it has yeast as well as baking powder and baking soda to make them rise nicely. They look and taste so good and are much cheaper than the canned biscuits that so many cooks are using today. You can do this!
Dissolve the yeast in 1/2 cup warm water in a small bowl and let stand for 5 minutes.
Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour and next 4 ingredients (through salt) in a large bowl. Cut in shortening with a pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add yeast mixture and buttermilk to flour mixture; stir just until moist. Cover and chill 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
Turn the dough out onto a heavily floured surface; knead lightly 5 times. Roll dough to a 1/2 inch thickness; cut with a 2 1/2 inch biscuit cutter. Place the biscuits on a lightly greased baking sheet. You can also use parchment paper on your baking sheet. If you want soft-sided biscuits, place them close together.
If you prefer a crustier finish to your biscuits, leave a little space between them.
Brush the melted butter lightly over the biscuit tops. Bake at 450 degrees F for 12-15 minutes or until golden.
Source: Our good friend Herby in Franklin, NC who took us under his wing and taught us "flat-landers" many good lessons about mountain living. He'd sit and play his "banjer"and sing all the old Smoky Mountain songs while I cooked the wonderful fresh vegetables from his garden and baked sweet apple pies, angel biscuits, and cornbread for all of us. It was such a special time for my husband, our son, and me. Best possible memories.
By Julia from Boca Raton, FL
I am looking for a recipe for homemade biscuits.
By Luis Pena from Stephenville, TX
Here is a copy cat type recipe for Popeye's Restaurant biscuits. They are delicious. Let me know if you try them.
Popeye's Biscuits
8 oz. sour cream
3/4 cup 7-Up (Do Not Use Diet Soda)
4 cups Bisquick
1 stick melted butter
Mix sour cream, 7-Up and biscuit mix. Place dough on floured board. Cut out biscuits by pressing the biscuit cutter straight down on the board.
Melt butter in the oven in a 9x13 inch pan. Place biscuits in pan, then turn buttered side up. Place all biscuits this way in the pan. Placing them in the pan this way allows both sides of the biscuit to be buttered.
Bake at 450 degrees till lightly browned. 10 - 15 minutes.
Makes 18-22 biscuits
Linda
Copy Kat recipe from Kentucky Fried Chicken.
KFC Buttermilk Biscuits
1/2 Cup Butter
2 1/2 Tablespoon Sugar
1 Egg, beaten
3/4 Cup Buttermilk
1/4 Cup Club soda
1 Teaspoon Salt
5 Cup Bisquick biscuit mix
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Combine all of the ingredients. Knead the dough by hand until smooth. Flour your hands. Pat the dough flat to 3/4" inch. Thick on waxed paper. Cut out biscuits. Bake for 12 minutes or until golden
"Red Lobster" Cheesy Biscuits
Ingredients:
2 c. Bisquick
2/3 c. milk
1/2 c. shredded cheddar cheese
1/4 c. butter
1/4 tsp. garlic powder
Directions:
Mix Bisquick and cheese; add milk.
Spoon on an ungreased cookie sheet (makes about 12).
Bake at 425 degrees for 8-10 minutes.
Brush with melted butter and garlic powder.
Here is my recipe that I use for my family. Hope you like
them.
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tbsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup shorting
Mix all dry ingredients together and stir well. Add shortening and cut it into flour using a fork until it resembles cornmeal. Gently blend in milk until all dry ingredients are wet. The trick to making biscuits is that you don't over handle the dough. You mix as least as possible. Roll out on a floured surface with a rolling pin to about 1/2" - 3/4" thick. Place on a greased cookie sheet and bake at 425 degrees until they are brown. Butter tops whenever they come out of the oven and grab yourself a cup of coffee or a tall glass of milk and sit down and hurt yourself on those biscuits. Hope you enjoy them.
Easiest Biscuits Ever:
4 c. self-rising flour
1 1/3 c. milk
2/3 c. vegetable oil
Pour the milk and the oil into a 2 cup
container, but do not stir. Put the flour in a large bowl. Pour the milk/oil mix all at once into the flour. Stir until dough pulls away from edge of bowl. Roll out and cut w/ cookie cutter. Place approx 1" apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake x20min in a 450 degree F. oven or until biscuits are light brown. ENJOY!
Can I please get some quick, easy recipes for homemade biscuits?
By Tamara
How do I make big biscuits from scratch? I live in Thailand and have been divorced for many years. I miss my biscuits! Preferably the big "Catheads" kind.
By Mexicojerry