Traditional Southern Biscuits

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Total Time:
1 hr 0 min
Prep
30 min
Inactive
15 min
Cook
15 min
Yield:
8 biscuits
Level:
Intermediate
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Ingredients

Directions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Mix well. Add 2 tablespoons of the cold butter and the cold shortening and work it into the dry ingredients, using your hands, until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in the milk. The dough will be sticky.

Dust your work surface with some flour. Turn the dough onto the floured surface. Gently fold each side toward the center. Pick up the dough and dust the work surface with additional flour. Return the dough to the floured surface and fold each side towards the center again. Turn the dough over and press it out to 1-inch thickness. Cut the biscuits, straight down, do not twist the cutter, with a 2 1/4-inch round cookie cutter. Melt the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter and add to a 10-inch round cake pan. Place the biscuits in the pan, turning once (to coat both sides with butter), about 1/4-inch apart. Let the biscuits rest for 15 minutes before baking. Bake until golden brown, about 15 minutes.

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  • on July 11, 2010

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    This was my first attempt to ever make homeade biscuits and I was completely surprised at how great they turned out! They taste very similar to my grandma's made from scratch/no recipe biscuits. These were easy to make and turned out wonderful! The only thing I did differently is I rolled these out by hand instead of rolling and cutting. Highly reccomend this recipe!

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  • on July 06, 2010

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    So this was okay, obviously too much salt-just use about 1.5 teaspoons, and also too much milk. I used 1.25 cups of milk and it turned out all right, I actually made them for strawberry shortcake so i coated them in milk, then a mixture of cinnamon, brown sugar, and white sugar, and they turned out pretty good.

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  • on May 11, 2010

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    My mom is from the south and I know what biscuits are suppose to taste like...NOT. EVEN. CLOSE. My first clue should have been when I saw "milk" instead of "buttermilk."

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