Lil Mamas Big Biscuits Recipes

BIG BATCH OF GRANDMA'S BISCUITS WITH MOLASSES BUTTER

Steps:

• Make the biscuits: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Coat a baking sheet with cooking spray.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour and the cubed butter. Using a pastry blender, cut the butter into the flour until it resembles a coarse meal. Stir in the baking powder, salt, sugar and baking soda. Form a well in the center of the flour mixture and pour in the buttermilk. Mix with a fork until all of the ingredients are incorporated and the dough begins to come together into a ball. (The dough will be slightly dry.)
• Dust a clean work surface with flour, coat your palms and rub some on a rolling pin. Turn out the dough onto the work surface. Knead the dough for 1 to 2 minutes, folding it over onto itself each time. Roll out the dough until about 1/2 inch thick. Dip a 3-inch biscuit cutter or the rim of a 3-inch-wide glass in flour and then cut out the biscuits. Reshape the leftover dough into a ball, roll it out again and cut out more biscuits. Repeat until the dough is gone.
• Place the biscuits on the baking sheet and bake until the tops are golden brown, 10 to 15 minutes. While the biscuits are still hot, brush with the melted butter.
• Make the molasses butter: Stir the butter and molasses together to combine. Serve the warm biscuits with the molasses butter.

LIL' MAMA'S BIG BISCUITS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees
• 2. In a large bowl (do not use a processor or mixer), whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar. Cut in the shortening until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Gradually stir in your buttermilk.
• 3. place onto a lightly floured surface, and knead 20 to 30 times. Roll out to one inch thickness and cut out your circles using a doughnut cutter. You can get creative and use cookie cutters.
• 4. Place on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper 2 inches apart. Bake for 12 to 13 minutes or until golden brown. Watch your oven after 10 minutes to get the accurate time, I use a gas oven and this was the time it took for mine to bake.

MAMA'S BISCUITS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• 2. In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda.
• 3. Cut the chilled shortening into the flour mixture with a pastry blender until the mixture forms coarse crumbs.
• 4. Add the buttermilk, mixing with your hands until the dough holds together.
• 5. Place the dough on a floured surface and knead lightly a few times just until smooth. Don't overwork it.
• 6. Flour a rolling pin and roll the dough to 1/4 to 1/2 inch thickness.
• 7. Cut the biscuits with a biscuit cutter. ( My mama used a glass to do this.)
• 8. Place the biscuits 2 inches apart on an ungreased baking sheet.
• 9. Gather the trimmings from where you cut the biscuits and form them into a ball.
• 10. Roll it out and cut more biscuits. ( When these got to small to make another biscuit my mama left the last weird shaped one and called it the funny biscuit. All the kids wanted that one.
• 11. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until golden brown.

BIG AND THICK BUTTERMILK BISCUITS

Steps:

• In a large bowl mix flour with the shortening. (I like to use my hands). Pour in the Buttermilk. Use a spatula or spoon to blend.
• Once mixture is firm, (If mixture is still liquid add a little more flour -about 1/2 a cup) use your hands to knead and fold until the mixture forms a firm dough.
• Place the dough on a floured cutting board or hard surface. Roll out dough and eventually put into the 9x13-inch baking pan. Press dough into the edges of the pan so the dough is laying flat and even across the pan.
• Use a butter knife to cut 6 or 8 even squares into the dough. Make sure to leave half an inch of space between each square. Bake at 350°F for 15 - 20 minutes or until biscuits are slightly golden brown.
• Melt butter either in a sauce pan or in the microwave. Drizzle melted butter on top of the hot biscuits. Serve with jam, honey or peanut butter (my husband's favorite).

MAMA'S STARTED IN TEXAS BUTTERMILK BISCUITS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450°.
• Mix the dry ingredients in medium size bowl. Cut in the shortning until it looks like little peas.
• Stir in the buttermilk and plop it onto a floured surface. Work in just enough flour to pat the dough into a circle about 1/2 inch thick.
• Take a drinking glass about 3-inches across and cut out your biscuits. Leftover dough is easy to roll back out to sqeeze out a couple more!
• Place on cookie sheet about 1-inch apart and bake for 10-12 minutes until the crust is just brown (Don't overcook!).
• *Note: If a baking recipe calls for butermilk I always use real buttermilk- it certainly does affect the texture. In a pich, use buttermilk powder or even milk.
• Serve warm- we don't even bother with butter but it is your choice. Makes great leftovers if heated in the microwave for 10-15 seconds and topped with jam.

MAMA'S ' BESTEST' BISCUITS

Steps:

• Mix flour, milk and mayo together, reserving the second measure of flour for the board.
• Add the second measure of flour to the board and coat your hands. Turn out the dough onto the floured board or counter top. Sprinkle some extra flour on top of the dough. Just enough to make the dough easier for you to work with and not so sticky. You want to get it just to the not too sticky point but not add so much flour that they become dense. It is hard to say how much as this varies with the climate and humidity.
• Knead lightly just until the dough is smooth-about 6 times. The less you handle it, the better the biscuits!
• Pat into a square shape and make long cuts with a very sharp knife from top to bottom and then side to side--like a tic tac toe board and you will havce 9 biscuits. Add one extra line to make 12 squares. I usually cut to make 12, but make them as large or small as you like.
• Place on lightly greased or sprayed cookie sheet just a tiny bit apart- about 1/2 inch- and bake at 450°F for 15 to 20 minutes or until browned on top.
• Brush the tops of biscuits with butter or spray with butter spray and serve immediately.
• Note: Don't have any self-rising flour? Add 1 tsp salt and 1 T baking powder to the flour.