I am neither a Grandmother, nor am I from the South so I don't blame you if you are skeptical about my biscuit knowledge, but I am going to break the southern grandmother stereotype and this Canadian Girl is going to share her easy and delicious biscuit recipe! haha
3 Tbsp Sugar
3 Tsp Baking Powder
1 Tsp Salt
1/4 Cup of Cold Butter (or shortening)
2/3 Cup of Cold Buttermilk (if your dough is too dry add a splash more milk)
* You could substitute regular milk if you don't have any buttermilk
1 Tsp Vanilla Extract
Sift all dry ingredients into a large bowl. Cut in Butter with a pastry cutter or if you work quick enough not to melt the butter use your fingers.
Add Milk and stir until the dough combines, add more milk if it's still too dry.
Roll out dough until it's 1/2" thick.
Using a round cutter cut out your rounds . . . if you like them more rustic then just cut them into squares.
Then you arrange them on an ungreased baking sheet. Now, if you like crispy biscuits, like I do, arrange them about 1" apart on the sheet. If you like softer biscuit arrange them so that the edges are just touching each other, I thought that was pretty cool . . . my granny taught us that!
In a 425 degree oven, bake them for anywhere from 10-13 minutes. Keep an eye on them!!
Always served with some warm Sour Cherry Jam!!!
I hope you'll try this simple biscuit recipe, they may have you say'in:
"Well, butter my butt and call me a biscuit, that girl can bake!!" :) haha
Well Missy. . .As a Southern Grandma, I have one word to say about your bisquits. . .PERFECTION!! They look scrumptious and I can tell from the ingredients list that they would taste wonderful. Just mention the word bisquits if you want to make a Southern's mouth water. There was a bisquit recipe floating around FB that I would like for you to try. It's called the 7UP bisquits. Easy peasy and they just melt in your mouth. It uses Bisquick but if you're opposed to ready made, you can make your own. I will email the recipe to you.
ReplyDeleteooooh I'm absolutely going to try your recipe. My grandma made the best biscuits and jam and I haven't had the nerve to attempt my own. here goes! thanks for the recipe share!!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure they are good with fruit, but honey is my downfall. I spent almost three years living in Kentucky and biscuits and honey have become my downfall. That and true southern sweet tea. I could drink that by the gallon! Good thing both are rare here in Seattle!
ReplyDeleteThey look so yummy! I might even give these a try using our gluten free flour.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much for this recipe ...... I'll be eating those until the moon drops out of the sky. Honey is good on them too!
ReplyDeleteLately I've been quickly closing any blog posts with tempting recipes so as not to make my life any more fattening, but this biscuit recipe looks too good not to try! I'll be in the kitchen with flour on my nose in no time! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteIt's so funny because in Australia we call these "scones" and your "cookies" are called biscuits. So when I saw your post and thought great I'll see what biscuits you are making and it was actually scones (for us). Anything with buttermilk is a great recipe. Pancakes particularly as well are amazing with buttermilk. Regards Kathy A, Brisbane, Australia
ReplyDeleteHa! Well despite not being British and being Canadian myself, I couldn't help myself and called my blog toast and tea! Hee. Those biscuits look awesome -- I definitely concur that there's nothing better out of the oven with some butter.
ReplyDeleteCongradulations on your baby son.
ReplyDeleteI am a former Southerner and my mother made the best mouth watering biscuits; in fact my father asked mother if she could make biscuits then he would marry her...True! In the South it is biscuits and sausage that make a big hit. My father ate a cold biscuit before bed and he would crumble it in a glass of buttermilk which he dearly loved. We had either homemade biscuits or cornbread with our evening meal and we never tired of eating either of them. Your biscuits look delicious and I have always enjoyed your blogs.
With gratitude,
Sylvia Faye (great-grandmother)
If you don't have buttermilk on hand, it can easily be made with lemon juice and milk. Take 1 tablespoon of lemon juice and put it in a 1 cup measuring cup and add the milk to the 1 cup line. Stir this together and let it sit for about 5-10 minutes and voila!
ReplyDelete-Megan
You know you can make your own buttermilk substitute by adding some lemon juice to regular milk and letting it sit for a few minutes before adding to any recipe. Works great for us since we dont like to drink buttermilk.
ReplyDeleteLooks yummy... nothing better than biscuits fresh from the oven, will try your recipe for sure
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