Our Favorite Southern Biscuits

Our Favorite Southern Biscuits

Ingredients:
2 cups of all-purpose flour
3 teaspoons of baking powder
1/2 teaspoon of salt
A pinch baking soda
1/3 cup of butter
1 cup of buttermilk
Extra flour for working the doug h
Preheat oven to 500 degrees. Grease a 8" round layer cake pan .
Sift dry ingredients together (except for the extra flour). Put in mixing bowl. place shortening on, tiot p
should be quite cool. Cut in with a pastry blender or two knive s.
Pour in the cup of buttermilk and stir lightly with a rfko. The batter must be very moist! If it is not then
add up to another 1/4 cup of buttermilk. The combination of a very hot ov,e an small baking
pan and very wet batter creates much steam within the biscuit which makes them rise to great height
and wonderful lightness .
Empty the wet batter into the shallow bowl over the cup and a half of flour. You will be preparing your
biscuits right out of this bowl. Flour your hands real good and scoop out a very large heaping tea-bl
spoon of batter into your hands( you should end up with about 10 biscuits). Roll the piece of batter
around in your hands justi ltl it takes on a round shape. Keep your hands very floury so it (the batter)
doesn't even get a chance to stick) Kind of shake off the excess flour and put the biscuit in thee -pr
pared pan. The biscuits should be nestled quite snugly togethe r.
Put the pan on a rack that has been placed in the lower cent eorf the oven. Close quickly and bake for
about 12 minutes till they are high and golden brown .
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