Breakaway Biscuit Bread Recipes

BISCUIT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
• Grease the bottom and sides of a 10-inch cast iron skillet with the 2 tablespoons of vegetable shortening.
• Add the flour and 1/4 cup vegetable shortening to a large bowl. Use a pastry cutter or fork to work the shortening into the flour until you have coarse crumbs.
• Grate the butter into the bowl and stir gently to incorporate.
• Make a well in the center of the flour mixture and pour in the buttermilk.
• Stir until all the dry ingredients are mixed in and you have a wet dough. Empty the dough into the cast iron skillet and smooth the top with the back of a spoon.
• Bake for 15-20 minutes, until lightly golden on the top. Immediately invert the bread onto a plate. Cut into wedges and serve with butter, honey, jams, or jellies.

PULL-APART BREAD

Steps:

• Spray a 12-cup fluted tube cake pan or 10-inch angel food (tube) cake pan with the cooking spray. In a large bowl, stir 1 1/2 cups of the flour, the sugar, salt and yeast until well mixed.
• In a 1-quart saucepan, heat the milk and 1/4 cup butter over medium-low heat, stirring frequently, until very warm and an instant-read thermometer reads 120°F to 130°F. Add the milk mixture and the egg to the flour mixture. Beat with an electric mixer on low speed 1 minute, stopping frequently to scrape batter from side and bottom of bowl with a rubber spatula, until flour mixture is moistened. Beat on medium speed 3 minutes, stopping frequently to scrape bowl. With a wooden spoon, stir in enough of the remaining flour, 1 cup at a time, until dough is soft, leaves side of bowl and is easy to handle (dough may be slightly sticky).
• Sprinkle flour lightly on a countertop or large cutting board. Place dough on floured surface. Knead by folding dough toward you, then with the heels of your hands, pushing dough away from you with a short rocking motion. Move dough a quarter turn and repeat. Continue kneading about 5 minutes, sprinkling surface with more flour if dough starts to stick, until dough is smooth and springy.
• Place 1/4 cup butter in a small microwavable bowl; cover with a microwavable paper towel. Microwave on High 30 to 50 seconds or until melted.
• Shape the dough into 24 balls. Dip each ball of dough into the melted butter. Layer evenly in the pan. Cover bowl loosely with plastic wrap; let rise in a warm place 20 to 30 minutes or until dough has doubled in size. Dough is ready if an indentation remains when you press your fingertips about 1/2 inch into the dough. Remove plastic wrap.
• Move the oven rack to a low position so that tops of the pans will be in the center of the oven. Heat the oven to 350°F.
• Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown. Cool bread in pan 2 minutes. Place a heatproof serving plate upside down on pan; holding plate and pan with pot holders, turn plate and pan over together, then remove pan. Serve bread while warm, pulling it apart with 2 forks or your fingers.

CHOCOLATE CHIP BREAKAWAY BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Grease a 9 inch springform or cake pan.
• Cut each biscuit in half.
• Layer 1/3 of the biscuits in pan.
• Sprinkle with 1/4 cup chocolate chips.
• Layer with another 1/3 of biscuits, and 1/4 cup chocolate chips.
• Top with the last of the biscuits.
• Brush with butter and sprinkle on sugar.
• Bake for 30 minutes.

OLD TIMEY SKILLET BISCUIT BREAD RECIPE - (4.5/5)

Steps:

• Put the cubed butter, shortening, and flour in a mixing bowl and place in the freezer while you prepare a floured work surface* and get the skillet ready. Add the bacon fat to the skillet over medium-low heat to preheat while making the dough. (The skillet needs to be hot before adding the dough, but keep an eye on it, reducing the heat if necessary). Remove the bowl from the freezer and quickly cut the fats into the flour with a pastry cutter until well incorporated. Make a well in the center and gradually stir in 1 cup buttermilk just until it forms a ragged dough (do not overmix), adding a little more buttermilk if needed. (I ended up using 1 1/4 c). Dump the dough out onto the floured work surface, sprinkle the top lightly with flour, and shape into a circle that is about 1" smaller than the bottom of your skillet. Using a wide spatula*, transfer the disc of dough to the hot skillet. Place cover on the skillet and reduce heat to the setting between low and medium-low. Cook without lifting the cover for about 10 minutes or until browned. (Lift an edge to check.) Flip* over and cook the other side for another 5-10 minutes. Brush melted butter over the top when done. To serve, break off in irregular pieces and serve hot. *NOTES I don't have a wide spatula so here's how I managed to get the fragile dough in and out of the skillet. Just disregard if you have one. First, I floured a square of foil (a little larger than the skillet) and when I was finished patting the dough into a disc I brushed the excess flour off the foil then carefully inverted the disc of dough into the skillet. (You should have just enough bacon fat in the skillet to grease it well but not be puddled anywhere, so next time I may invert the skillet over the dough then flipping it). When I was ready to brown the other side, I slipped the bread out of the skillet onto a plate then inverted the skillet over it and then flipped it over. All this was trial and error, but it worked!! Maybe, it's time to buy a wide spatula! lol

BREAKAWAY BISCUIT BREAD

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Lightly grease a 10-inch tube pan.
• Cut biscuits into quarters (4 pieces, use a scissors to make it easier!).
• Dip all pieces lightly in melted butter to coat.
• Place one-third of the biscuits all around into bottom of prepared pan.
• Sprinkle with half of the bacon, Parmesan cheese, onion and green pepper over the biscuits.
• Repeat.
• Top with last third of dipped biscuits.
• Bake for 40-45 minutes.
• Delicious.