Best Fluffy Biscuits Grandmas Recipes

HOMEMADE BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat Oven to 450 Degrees
• In a bowl combine dry ingredients.
• Cut in Butter. It's easiest to do this with cold butter using a cheese grater.
• Using a fork or pastry cutter, mix ingredients.
• Mixture will be very crumbly, the goal is to break up the butter so it's not all clumped together.
• Make a well in the mixture and pour in milk.
• Stir with a large spoon to mix.
• Use hands to incorporate all the flour. Do not over mix or knead.
• Roll dough on a lightly floured surface.
• Cut into circles with a biscuit cutter or a large dinner glass.
• Place on un-greased cookie sheet and bake for 9-12 minutes or until lightly golden brown.
• Stored covered.

MY GRANNY'S OLD-FASHIONED BISCUITS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Heavily grease a large cast-iron skillet or biscuit pan and set aside. (I prefer the cast iron skillet).
• 2. Put the flour into a large bowl and add lard/shortening.
• 3. Cut into flour using the usual pastry method.
• 4. Add buttermilk and mix with fork or hands.
• 5. Mix into a light dough.
• 6. Turn dough onto a floured board and knead a couple of times.
• 7. Pat dough to flatten to about 1/2 inch thick. Using a biscuit cutter, cut dough into biscuits.
• 8. Place cut biscuits in the prepared pan.
• 9. Pour melted shortening/butter over each biscuit.
• 10. Bake for about 13 to 15 minutes or until golden. Remove from pan and place into a covered container and allow to steam for about 5 minutes. You may also brush melted butter over top prior to steaming (if desired).
• 11. Serve hot with butter, apple butter, jellies, jams, honey, or anything else that you like.
• 12. Special Note: I didn't have a biscuit cutter, so what I did was open both ends of a 4-ounce sized mushroom can, washed and removed the label and it works perfectly.

FLUFFY BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. In a bowl, whisk together first 4 ingredients. Cut in shortening until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Whisk together egg and milk. Add to dry ingredients; stir just until moistened. Dough will be wet. , On a well-floured surface, knead dough gently 8-10 times. Roll to 1/2-in. thickness; cut with a floured 2-1/2-in. biscuit cutter. Place on a lightly greased baking sheet. , Bake until golden brown, 10-12 minutes. Serve warm.

FLUFFY BISCUITS- GRANDMA'S RECIPE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. Cut in shortening until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Beat egg with milk. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened.
• 2. Turn onto a well-floured surface. Knead 10-20 times. Roll dough out to 3/4 inch thickness. Cut with a floured 2-1/2 inch biscuit (or round cookie) cutter. Place on a lightly greased baking sheet. Bake at 450 degrees for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm.

GRANDMA'S BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°. In a large bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt. Cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add milk; stir just until moistened., Turn onto a lightly floured surface; knead gently 8-10 times. Pat dough into a 10x4-in. rectangle. Cut rectangle lengthwise in half; cut crosswise to make 10 squares., Place 1 in. apart on an ungreased baking sheet; brush tops with egg. Bake until golden brown, 8-10 minutes. Serve warm.

GRANDMA'S BAKING POWDER BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• Sift flour, sugar, baking powder, cream of tartar, and salt into a bowl. Use a pastry cutter to chop vegetable shortening into the flour mixture until it resembles coarse crumbs. Whisk egg and milk together in a separate bowl and slowly add milk mixture to flour mixture, stirring as you pour, until dough is moistened and well-mixed. Drop dough by spoonfuls onto an ungreased baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until biscuits have risen and are golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes.