Buttermilk Biscuits
"This is my biscuit recipe. These are so good, my kids will eat them cold."
photo by Shirl J 831
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Yields:
-
8-10 biscuits
- Serves:
- 4-6
ingredients
- 2 1⁄4 cups unbleached self rising flour (White Lily is the best.)
- 1 cup whole buttermilk
- 1⁄4 cup lard (cold)
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
directions
- Put flour, lard, sugar, salt, baking soda in a food processor and mix until it resembles coarse meal (usually, just a few quick pulses with the food processor will do).
- If you don't have a food processor use a fork and cut lard into ingredients until it's blended thoroughly.
- Then put flour in a mixing bowl and add buttermilk.
- Mix just until ingredients are blended.
- Don't overmix or handle dough very much or your biscuits will be tough.
- Pour dough on a floured surface and GENTLY pat down until it's about 3/4" thick.
- You'll have to flour your hands to pat it down so it won't stick to you.
- Then use a biscuit cutter to cut biscuits out and place in a buttered cast iron skillet or baking pan.
- Use your index finger to place a slight indention in the center of each biscuit.
- This prevents the center from rising faster than the edges.
- Coat tops of biscuits with melted butter or margarine and bake at 425 degrees for approximately 15 minutes or until golden brown.
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Reviews
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Super easy to throw together and soft and flaky. This one goes in my keeper file !!! -
Great tasting biscuits. They rose beautifully. We were so pleased. Will make these from now on. Thanks for sharing this recipe. -
So so good! The kids dug into them like there was no tomorrow! We will have these again and again as a side to many of our meals! -
It has been so long since I have cooked anything with lard. We topped them with hamburger gravy #160873. The biscuits were also delicious with butter and apricot jam. Thanks Tsmith70. Bullwinkle. -
These were really lovely - I didn't really know what to expect, because what you guys call 'biscuits' are scones to us Brits :) But they were delicious. Salty enough to appease my mom, too! Thank you!
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