Moms Biscuits Recipes

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.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• In a bowl mix the flour, baking powder and salt. Add the shortening and mix until in little pieces. Add milk a little at a time and mix until it forms a ball.
• Roll out on floured board to 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch thick. Cut out in desired size and dip in melted shortening. Place biscuits on an ungreased baking sheet.
• Bake at 450 degrees F (230 degrees C) for 12 to 15 minutes.
• Variation: For shortcakes add 2 tablespoons for sugar to the dough and roll dough out to 1/2 inch thick.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Melt butter in a skillet over medium-low heat, and cook the onion, celery, and carrots until the celery and carrots are tender, about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in peas, parsley, thyme and flour, and cook, stirring constantly, until the flour coats the vegetables and begins to fry, about 5 minutes. Whisk in chicken broth and half-and-half, and cook until the sauce is thick and bubbling. Season to taste with salt and black pepper, and mix in the chicken meat.
• Transfer the chicken, vegetables, and sauce into a 2-quart baking dish. Arrange biscuits on top of the filling. In a small bowl, beat egg yolk with water; brush egg yolk on the biscuits.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the biscuits are golden brown and the pie filling is bubbling, 20 to 25 minutes. Let rest 10 minutes before serving.

Steps:

• 1. Add flour to large bowl, add in salt and baking power, add shortening with fork mix crumble up shortening in flour. Add milk or buttermilk mix well until it feels like elastic to fingers.
• 2. In a cake pan spoon dough in bake in per heated oven 400 degrees for 20 min.or golden brown. Serve warm.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Stir all ingredients together until flour is wet and dough sticks together. Drop spoonfuls of dough onto a preheated skillet and bake 12 minutes or until 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.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• For 9 thicker biscuits, grease a square 8" or 9" pan. For 12 biscuits, grease a 10x13 pan.
• Sift dry ingredients. Cut in shortening with pastry cutter or with a fork.
• When shortening is incorporated, add buttermilk and mix with a fork, being careful not to overmix.
• Sprinkle flour on dough board. Knead dough until smooth, no more than 8-10 times.
• For 12 biscuits, roll dough to about 5/8" thick. For 9 biscuits (8x8 pan) roll dough to about 1" thick.
• Place in pan and bake for about 15 minutes, or until done. You can brush with melted butter before cooking if you like.

Steps:

• Combine dry ingredients.
• Cut in shortening.
• add just enough milk to make the mixture moist, you probably won't use the full 1/2 cup.
• Knead lightly until smooth. Don't over do it. If you do, you will have a hard flat biscut instead of one that is light and fluffy.
• Press dough flat to 1/2 inch. Cut into 2 inch circles.
• Place biscuits shoulder to shoulder on ungreased baking sheet.
• Bake at 425 for 8-10 minutes.