German Angel Biscuits Recipes

ANGEL BISCUITS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, baking soda and yeast.
• Cut in the butter and shortening using a pastry knife or work it in with your hands just until pea sized pieces of butter remain.
• Add the buttermilk and stir just until combined.
• Transfer the dough to a well floured surface and pat it out into a square that's about 1 inch thick. Fold the square in half and pat it out again. Rotate the dough and fold in half again and pat out again until 1 inch thick.
• Use a 2 or 2 ¼ inch biscuit cutter, dipped in flour, to cut out the biscuits. Don't twist the biscuit cutter, just push down and pull up.
• Place biscuits on a parchment lined baking sheet or cast iron skillet and cover with plastic wrap or a light towel. Let rest for 30 to 60 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 425°F. Brush melted butter on the top of the biscuits and bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown and cooked through. Brush the hot biscuits with additional melted butter and serve immediately.

ANGEL BISCUITS II

Steps:

• In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Let stand until creamy, about 5 minutes. Add buttermilk to yeast mixture, and set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Cut in shortening with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal. Stir in yeast mixture until dry ingredients are moistened. Turn dough out onto a floured surface, and knead 4 or 5 times.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to 1/2 inch thickness. Cut out biscuits with a 2 1/2 inch round cutter. Place on lightly greased baking sheets, barely touching each other. Cover, and let rise in a warm place free from drafts for 1 hour, or until almost doubled in size. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Bake in preheated oven for 10 to 12 minutes, or until browned.

AIRY ANGEL BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Butter a baking sheet or line it with parchment paper and set aside.
• Dissolve the yeast in the warm water and let stand until foamy, about 5 to 10 minutes.
• Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, and salt together into a large bowl. Transfer half of the dry ingredients to the bowl of a food processor and cut in the cold butter, pulsing, until the mixture resembles coarse meal, with some larger pieces of butter still remaining. Transfer the mixture back to the bowl with the dry ingredients and mix to combine. Make a well in the center of the bowl and add the yeast mixture and buttermilk. Stir until a dough forms and turn out onto a floured board. Kneed until the dough is smooth and no longer sticky, about 5 minutes.
• Roll out the dough to a thickness of 1/2 inch, and cut out 1 1/2-inch rounds with a biscuit cutter. Set the biscuits 2 inches apart on the baking sheet, brush the tops with melted butter, and bake until lightly golden (they should not brown), 10 to 12 minutes.

ANGEL BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment; set aside. Dissolve yeast in warm water and let stand until foamy, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, and salt in a large bowl. Transfer half of mixture to a food processor and add butter. Pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal with some blueberry-size clumps. Return to remaining flour mixture in bowl and mix to combine. Make a well in center of bowl and add yeast mixture and buttermilk. Stir until a dough forms, then turn out onto a floured work surface. Knead until dough is smooth and no longer sticky, about 5 minutes.
• Roll out dough to 1/2-inch thick and cut out 1 1/2-inch rounds with a biscuit cutter. Set rounds 1 inch apart on baking sheet, brush tops with melted butter, and bake until lightly golden (do not let brown), 10 to 12 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.

ANGEL BISCUITS

Steps:

• Dissolve the yeast in 1/4 cup lukewarm water (about 105 degrees) in a one-quart bowl, and set aside.
• Place the buttermilk in a small saucepan, and heat, stirring constantly, over low heat 4 to 5 minutes, until just lukewarm. Stir into the yeast mixture, and set aside.
• In a large bowl, sift 4 cups flour with the baking soda, baking powder, salt and sugar. Add the shortening. Using two knives, a pastry blender or your fingertips, cut in the shortening until the mixture resembles cornmeal. Alternatively, the dry ingredients can be sifted into a food processor, the shortening cut in by pulsing, and the mixture transferred to a large bowl.
• Gradually add the buttermilk mixture to the dry ingredients, stirring constantly, to form a soft dough. Sprinkle the dough with a little more flour, form it into a ball and knead it lightly in the bowl about 2 minutes, until it is fairly smooth. Roll it on a lightly floured surface into a circle about 1/2 inch thick. Cut into 2 1/2-inch rounds with a biscuit cutter or a glass. The scraps can be lightly kneaded together, rolled and cut.
• Place the biscuits at least 1 inch apart on two large ungreased baking sheets. Brush the tops with melted butter. Cover with a cloth, and set aside to rise until doubled, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Adjust oven rack to the lower third.
• Bake the biscuits, one sheet at a time, 10 to 12 minutes, until golden brown. Remove immediately from the baking sheet, and serve while still hot.

ANGEL BISCUITS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 400° F.
• 2. Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, and salt into a large mixing bowl. Using a pastry blender, cut in the shortening until the texture of coarse meal. Add the buttermilk and yeast mixture and toss briskly with a fork just until the mixture forms a soft dough.
• 3. Turn the dough onto a well-floured surface and with floured hands, knead lightly for about a minute. With a floured rolling pin, roll the dough out until 5/8 inch thick; then, using a well-floured 2 1/2- to 2 3/4-inch cutter, cut into rounds. Place on ungreased baking sheets, spacing about 1 1/2 inches apart. Gather scraps, reroll, and cut as before.
• 4. Bake in the lower third of the oven for 15 to 18 minutes or until the biscuits are nicely puffed and pale tan on top. Serve at once with plenty of butter.

GRANDMA'S ANGEL BISCUITS

Steps:

• Dissolve yeast in warm water, let stand 5 minutes.
• Stir in buttermilk, set aside.
• In large bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• Cut in shortening with pastry blender until resembles a coarse meal.
• Stir in liquid mix from steps 1 & 2.
• Turn out on a lightly floured surface and knead 3-4 times.
• Roll to 1/2 inch thickness, cut with biscuit cutter.
• Place on lightly greased baking sheet, cover and let rise in warm place 1.5 hours.
• Bake at 450 degrees 8-10 minutes.
• Brush tops with melted butter.

ANGEL BISCUITS

Steps:

• Combine the warm water, yeast, and a pinch of sugar in a small bowl. Let sit for 5 minutes, until it becomes frothy and foamy.
• Whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl. Cut in the shortening in small bits, and stir until the mixture resembles small crumbly peas. Add the buttermilk and the yeast mixture, and stir together, using a wooden spoon, until the dough just comes together.
• Remove the dough to a floured work surface, and knead briefly for about 1 minute, until the dough is smooth and uniform in appearance. (It's important not to overwork your dough, or you will be left with tough biscuits.) Pat the dough out to a 3/4-inch thickness. Using a 2-inch biscuit cutter dipped in flour, punch out dough rounds, patting and shaping the leftover dough to create more rounds.
• Arrange the biscuits on a parchment-lined sheet tray, cover with a clean tea towel, and let rise for 30 to 45 minutes, until doubled in bulk.
• Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F. Brush each biscuit with melted butter. Bake until golden brown, about 15 minutes. Serve warm.

GERMAN ANGEL BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375ºF. Combine dry ingredients. Use pastry cutter to work in shortening, until evenly distributed and "crumbly." Dissolve yeast in warm water and stir in buttermilk.
• Add to dry ingredients and mix well. (At this point, dough may be covered and refrigerated up to 3 weeks and used as needed).
• Roll out dough to ½ inch thick and cut out biscuits and add the sausage in the middle of the dough. Brush with melted butter and bake 12-15 minutes until golden.