Big Mamas Biscuits Recipes

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.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar. Cut in the shortening until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Gradually stir in milk until dough pulls away from the side of the bowl.
• Turn out onto a floured surface, and knead 15 to 20 times. Pat or roll dough out to 1 inch thick. Cut biscuits with a large cutter or juice glass dipped in flour. Repeat until all dough is used. Brush off the excess flour, and place biscuits onto an ungreased baking sheet.
• Bake for 13 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven, or until edges begin to brown.

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.

Steps:

• Sift dry ingredients. Cut in shortening with a pastry blender or two knives until crumbly.
• Stir in milk until mixture comes together. Empty onto a lightly floured surface and knead gently 5 or 6 times just to form a ball. Pat down then roll to about 1/2 thick with a rolling pin. Cut into circles and place on a baking sheet. Bake 15 minutes at 425.