Biscuits

Once you’ve made biscuits from scratch once, you will literally never make the ones that come out of those pop-open tube things ever again. Unless you do. I have no clue. Sometimes it’s just fun to pop open one of those bad boys.

 
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Biscuits from a Tube

Credit: Pilsbury Sothern Style Biscuits
Time: 110 Minutes, 6 Hours of Freezing
Servings: 1 ½ Quarts (For me this is 2 Servings, Jk, Kinda)

Ingredients

  • 1 can of Biscuits

Equipment Needed:

  • Baking Sheet

Method

  • Preheat oven to 350°F

  • Place biscuits 1-2” apart on ungreased baking sheet

  • Bake for 12-16 minutes or until golden brown

 
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Full Measure Recipe

Credits: New York Time Cooking
Time: 45 Minutes
Servings: 8 Large Biscuits

Ingredients

  • 2 Cups All-Purpose Flour

  • 2 Tbsp baking powder

  • 1 Tbsp Sugar

  • 1 tsp Kosher Salt

  • 5 Tbsp Unsalted Butter (Very Cold)

  • 1 Cup Whole Milk

Equipment Needed:

  • Medium Bowl

  • Large Bowl

  • Food Processor

  • Baking Sheet

Method

  1. Sift flour, baking powder, sugar and salt into a large mixing bowl

  2. Cut butter into small pats and place in the bowl of a food processor

  3. Put the sifted flour mixture into a food processor

  4. Pulse 5-6 times until the mixture resembles rough crumbs

  5. Return mixture to a large bowl and add milk

  6. Mix with a fork until dough forms a rough ball

  7. Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and pat down into a rough rectangle about 1” thick

  8. Fold one half of dough onto the other and pat down again

  9. Repeat fold and stack tow halves of dough

  10. Preheat oven to 425°F

  11. Cover with a kitchen towel and rest for 30 min

  12. Gently pat the dough down once more, about 1” thick

  13. Cut with a biscuit cutter or floured drinking glass, do not twist

  14. Place biscuits on a baking sheet and bake for 10-15 min or until golden brown

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