Inexperienced cooks often have a fear of making traditional, rolled biscuits. Common issues when making those biscuits include the dough sticking to the rolling pin, chilled dough becoming too warm during the rolling process and biscuits that turn out like little, hard lumps instead of light and fluffy piles of deliciousness. While rolled biscuits certainly have their place, they also tend to be time-consuming. A from-scratch drop biscuit has the potential to solve several of those problems, considering that there is no rolling process with which to deal and they can be in the oven in a fraction of the…
Fresh-baked biscuits with butter and jelly, honey butter, syrup or sausage gravy are a delicious addition to any meal. They are simple to make, require few ingredients and are out of the oven ready to eat in less than half an hour. You will enjoy the ease of this recipe, which yields 10 - 12 biscuits; and your family will appreciate your efforts.
Biscuits are available in cans at the grocery store, but rarely do they measure up to the homemade version you can make from scratch. The fluffy bread concoction finishes off a hearty breakfast that's good for making breakfast sandwiches or as a base to cover with gravy. Biscuits are easy to make, but take a little time.
Skip the cans and make your own homemade biscuits from scratch. With a little effort you can make moist or flaky biscuits for breakfast or any meal of the day in a short amount of time. The biscuits will taste just like grandma used to make for you and will excite your guests who may have never had truly homemade biscuits before. After making the biscuits a few times you will be an expert and everyone will want you to make the biscuits for them.
Southern buttermilk biscuits should be flaky without falling apart when you cut into them, the kind of biscuit that your family can't get enough of. They are served with butter or white country gravy.
Making biscuits from scratch could be considered a lost art. But in this case, it's easy to set back the clock and whip up a batch of yummy biscuits from scratch. Just remember the old saying, "a light hand makes a light biscuit," and don't handle the dough more than is necessary when stirring or kneading.