I wanna cube some cloves! I had three, now I have nine! Ha!
Enjoy thy coffee while I share with thee two (yes, 2) biscuit recipes.
--Biscuit recipe, comfort food variant:
2 cups all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup shortening 1 cup buttermilk
Preheat oven to 450°F. Sift the dry ingredients into a bowl. Cut in the shortening by hand, and add the buttermilk just until dry ingredients are moistened. A sticky dough will result.
Turn the dough out on a floured board and knead the dough no more than 3 or 4 times. Do't manhandle the dough! Less manhandling (or womanhandling)=flakier, fluffier biscuit.
Roll or pat to a 1/2-inch thickness. Cut with whatever you have handy (I have one of thoe old Coca-Cola fountain glasses). Take about a teaspoon-tablespoon of shortening and melt it down (I just leave it in a bowl on the stovewhile the oven preheats); brush the tops and bottoms of the biscuits. Better than egg wash!
Bake at 450°F for 12 to 15 minutes. Makes about 12 biscuits.
--Biscuit recipe, artery-clogging variant:
Bacon Onion Cheese Biscuits
2 cups all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup shortening 1 cup minus 1 tablespoon milk 1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese 1/4 cup finely chopped green onions 4-5 slices of bacon, cooked crisp and crumbled
Preheat oven to 450°F. Sift dry ingredients into a bowl. Cut in the shortening with your hands (I stop when I get to the pebbly stage). Add the milk, cheese, chopped onion and crumbled bacon, just until dry ingredients are moistened. A sticky dough will result.
Turn the dough out on a floured board and knead the dough 3 or 4 times. No manhandling! I learned this the hard way. Eww.
Roll or pat to a 1/2-inch thickness. Cut with whatever's handy. Do that brush-with-shortening thing.
Bake at 450°F for 12 to 15 minutes. Makes about 12 biscuits.
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Date: 2006-10-19 04:01 pm (UTC)I wanna cube some cloves! I had three, now I have nine! Ha!
Enjoy thy coffee while I share with thee two (yes, 2) biscuit recipes.
--Biscuit recipe, comfort food variant:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup buttermilk
Preheat oven to 450°F.
Sift the dry ingredients into a bowl. Cut in the shortening by hand, and add the buttermilk just until dry ingredients are moistened. A sticky dough will result.
Turn the dough out on a floured board and knead the dough no more than 3 or 4 times. Do't manhandle the dough! Less manhandling (or womanhandling)=flakier, fluffier biscuit.
Roll or pat to a 1/2-inch thickness. Cut with whatever you have handy (I have one of thoe old Coca-Cola fountain glasses). Take about a teaspoon-tablespoon of shortening and melt it down (I just leave it in a bowl on the stovewhile the oven preheats); brush the tops and bottoms of the biscuits. Better than egg wash!
Bake at 450°F for 12 to 15 minutes. Makes about 12 biscuits.
--Biscuit recipe, artery-clogging variant:
Bacon Onion Cheese Biscuits
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup minus 1 tablespoon milk
1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
1/4 cup finely chopped green onions
4-5 slices of bacon, cooked crisp and crumbled
Preheat oven to 450°F.
Sift dry ingredients into a bowl. Cut in the shortening with your hands (I stop when I get to the pebbly stage). Add the milk, cheese, chopped onion and crumbled bacon, just until dry ingredients are moistened. A sticky dough will result.
Turn the dough out on a floured board and knead the dough 3 or 4 times. No manhandling! I learned this the hard way. Eww.
Roll or pat to a 1/2-inch thickness. Cut with whatever's handy. Do that brush-with-shortening thing.
Bake at 450°F for 12 to 15 minutes. Makes about 12 biscuits.
Enjoy!