My Buttermilk Biscuits With Milk Gravy Recipes

COUNTRY GRAVY

Steps:

• Cook sausage or bacon reserving drippings. Add drippings to frying pan along with flour and mix well with spoon. Cook this until well blended and begins to boil in pan.
• Add milk all at once and cook until boils. Boil for about five minutes until reaches thickness desired. Watch closely because gravy will boil over on stove if you don't continue stirring. Add salt and pepper to taste. Can crumble sausage or bacon into gravy if desired.

BUTTERMILK GRAVY

Steps:

• Heat bacon drippings in a skillet over medium heat. Add flour and whisk until well combined and bubbly, about 1 minute. Pour in buttermilk gradually and bring to a boil, about 3 minutes. Reduce heat and simmer, whisking constantly, until thickened and smooth, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Stir in chicken bouillon, salt, and pepper. If gravy is too thick, whisk in more buttermilk until you reach your desired consistency. Serve immediately.

MOM'S BUTTERMILK BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°. In a bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; cut in shortening until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in buttermilk; knead dough gently. Roll out to 1/2-in. thickness. Cut with a 2-1/2-in. biscuit cutter and place on a lightly greased baking sheet. Bake until golden brown, 10-15 minutes. Freeze option: Freeze cooled biscuits in a resealable freezer container. To use, heat in a preheated 350° oven 15-20 minutes.

CHEF JOHN'S BUTTERMILK BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Line a baking sheet with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper.
• Whisk flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda together in a large bowl.
• Cut butter into flour mixture with a pastry blender until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs, about 5 minutes.
• Make a well in the center of butter and flour mixture. Pour in 3/4 cup buttermilk; stir until just combined.
• Turn dough onto a floured work surface, pat together into a rectangle.
• Fold the rectangle in thirds. Turn dough a half turn, gather any crumbs, and flatten back into a rectangle. Repeat twice more, folding and pressing dough a total of three times.
• Roll dough on a floured surface to about 1/2 inch thick.
• Cut out 12 biscuits using a 2 1/2-inch round biscuit cutter.
• Transfer biscuits to the prepared baking sheet. Press an indent into the top of each biscuit with your thumb.
• Brush the tops of biscuits with 2 tablespoons buttermilk.
• Bake in the preheated oven until browned, about 15 minutes.

BUTTERMILK BISCUITS AND PEPPER GRAVY

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 425°F.
• In a medium sized bowl, add flour and shortening.
• Cut in shortening until it looks like coarse breadcrumbs.
• Add buttermilk and stir until soft dough forms.
• Pour onto a board floured with 1/3 cup flour.
• Roll into a ball and lightly knead for about 5 minutes.
• Gently pat out dough until about 1/3 inch thick.
• Using a 1 1/2 to 2 inch round biscuit cutter, cut out biscuits.
• Re-knead remaining scraps to make more biscuits.
• Place on ungreased cookie sheet, about an inch apart.
• Bake at 425°F for 15 to 20 minutes or until desired color is reached.
• For gravy:.
• In a medium sized skillet, melt shortening until hot but not smoking.
• Add 1/3 cup flour and stir until it looks like a paste.
• Add 1/2 cup milk; stir until smooth.
• Add rest of milk, stirring with wire whisk constantly until all lumps are gone.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Turn off heat and let sit for 5 minutes to thicken.