Lexs Southern Raised Biscuits Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Using your fingertips, rub butter and shortening into dry ingredients until mixture looks like crumbs. (The faster the better, you don't want the fats to melt.) Make a well in the center and pour in the chilled buttermilk. Stir just until the dough comes together. The dough will be very sticky.
• Turn dough onto floured surface, dust top with flour and gently fold dough over on itself 5 or 6 times. Press into a 1-inch thick round. Cut out biscuits with a 2-inch cutter, being sure to push straight down through the dough. Place biscuits on baking sheet so that they just touch. Reform scrap dough, working it as little as possible and continue cutting. (Biscuits from the second pass will not be quite as light as those from the first, but hey, that's life.)
• Bake until biscuits are tall and light gold on top, 15 to 20 minutes.

Steps:

• Combine the first 6 ingredients, mixing well.
• Cut in shortening with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal.
• Combine egg and milk.
• Add to the flour mixture, stirring until dry ingredients are just moistened. DO NOT OVER MIX!
• Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface.
• Knead 8 or 10 times.
• Roll dough to 1 inch thickness.
• Cut with a 2.5 inch biscuit cutter.
• Place biscuits on an ungreased baking sheet.
• Bake at 450 for 15 minutes or until golden brown.

Steps:

• Combine yeast and warm water.
• Let stand 5 minutes or until bubbly.
• Add buttermilk to yeast mixture, and set aside.
• Combine dry ingredients in a large bowl.
• Cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse meal.
• Add buttermilk mixture, mixing with a fork until dry ingredients are moistened DO NOT OVER MIX!
• Turn dough out on a floured surface, and knead lightly 3 or 4 times.
• Roll dough to .5 inch thickness.
• Cut with a 2.75 inch biscuit cutter, and place on a lightly greased baking sheet, touching each other.
• Cover and let rise 1 hour.
• Bake at 450 for 10-12 minutes.

Steps:

• 1. Stir yeast into warm water til dissoved. Set aside
• 2. Combine flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, and baking soda in large bowl.
• 3. stir 1/2 c melted butter into buttermilk
• 4. pour wet mixture and yeast mixture into dry ingredients; then stir just until combined (NEVER OVER MIX BISCUITS)
• 5. knead lightly on floured surface; about 10-12 strokes.
• 6. roll or pat to approx 1/4" thick and cut with a 2" cutter
• 7. Place half on ungreased cookie sheet 1" apart
• 8. brush with remaining 2 Tbsp.melted butter, top with other half of biscuts.
• 9. Cover and let rise 1 1/2 to 2 hrs
• 10. Bake 375* for approx 15 min. or until done