Southern Biscuits
Serves: 6
Isabella Feil
1 January 1970
Based on User reviews:
55
Spice
51
Sweetness
54
Sourness
40
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Prep time (avg)
5
Difficulty
Ingredients:
2 cups
Flour4 tsps
Baking Powder1 tsp
Baking Soda3 tsp
Salt2 tbsps
Butter2 tbsps
Shortening1 cup
Buttermilk (chilled)Directions:
1
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F
2
In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt
3
Using your fingertips, rub butter and shortening into dry ingredients until mixture looks like crumbs
4
(The faster the better, you don't want the fats to melt
5
) Make a well in the center and pour in the chilled buttermilk
6
Stir just until the dough comes together
7
The dough will be very sticky
8
Turn dough onto floured surface, dust top with flour and gently fold dough over on itself 5 or 6 times
9
Press into a 1-inch thick round
10
Cut out biscuits with a 2-inch cutter, being sure to push straight down through the dough
11
Place biscuits on baking sheet so that they just touch
12
Reform scrap dough, working it as little as possible and continue cutting
13
(Biscuits from the second pass will not be quite as light as those from the first, but hey, that's life
14
) Bake until biscuits are tall and light gold on top, 15 to 20 minutes