Blue Ribbon Buttermilk Biscuits Recipes

BUTTERMILK BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425°F and arrange a shelf slightly below the center of the oven.
• Line a buttered 8" cake pan with parchment paper or a silicone liner.
• In a large mixing bowl, stir together the flour and sugar. Grate the butter into the flour and stir it in to coat evenly.
• Gently stir in the buttermilk. The dough should be quite wet.
• Spread the all-purpose (not self-rising) flour out on a small cookie sheet.
• With a spoon, scoop evenly sized balls of dough into the flour, making sure they don't touch each other.
• With floured hands, coat each dough ball with flour and toss them gently from hand to hand to shake off any excess flour.
• Place each floured dough ball into the prepared pan, right up next to the other. This will help the biscuits rise up, rather than spreading out. You might need to do the above in batches.
• Place the cake pan on the arranged shelf in the oven. Bake until lightly browned, about 25 minutes.
• Brush the tops of the biscuits with some melted butter and pop back into the oven for another 5 minutes or so, until nicely browned.
• Turn the biscuits out onto a plate, and then invert them again so they are right side up. Pull or cut the biscuits apart and serve immediately with some butter and honey if you like.

BUTTERMILK BISCUITS N SAUSAGE GRAVY

Steps:

• 1. Set the oven temp to 450. Pan Prep: The kind of pan you use makes a difference with biscuits, oddly enough. For example, I do not recommend glass baking dishes for this. If that's all you have, reduce the heat to 400. The biscuits may not brown on the bottom as well. IF YOU HAVE IT, use a large cast iron skillet. Put 1 tbsp of Crisco or shortening in and set in the oven so as it heats and the shortening melts. This is an extra step that gives a crispy outside crust with a fluffy inside. It is not essential and this step can be skipped. Or you can bake them on a stone baking sheet. If so, reduce heat to 425. Or you can use a metal baking sheet. If so, try to double stack the baking sheets, putting one on top of the other to insulate the pan and keep it from burning the bottoms of the biscuits before they are done. Metal pans get very hot.
• 2. Whisk all the dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Cut the butter into the flour mixture. You can do this with a pastry cutter, 2 knives slashing against each other, you can squish the butter in with your fingers or you can pour it all into a food processor and pulse just a few times. So many options!
• 3. Start to pour in the buttermilk to the dry ingredients, mixing with a fork. You may not need all the buttermilk or you may even need more. You want the dough to be sticky, but not too wet that you cant handle it. If it is too wet, add a little more flour in. NOTE: if you don't have buttermilk, you can use milk. You will need less of it because it is not as thick. And, if you use milk, leave out the baking soda. The baking soda reacts with the acid in the buttermilk and is not needed if milk is used.
• 4. Flour a countertop, cutting board or something like that. Scoop out the dough and sprinkle some flour on it. Fold the dough over itself 2 or 3 times using your hands dipped in flour. Now pat the dough out to about an inch thick. The thicker the dough now, the higher the biscuits. Cut them with a biscuit cutter or a cleaned out empty can. Do not twist while cutting, just dip the cutter in flour, push down on the dough and pull up. If it sticks, just tap it out. Set the biscuits aside. Take the dough scraps, knead them together, pat out and cut out some more biscuits. Throw away any scraps after that.
• 5. When they are all cut, pull the hot skillet out of the oven and carefully(!!!) place each biscuit into the hot oil. You can put them pretty close together, but not touching. The closer they are the more the biscuits, as they start to expand, are forced into going up instead of out. Tall instead of short and wide. Carefully flip each biscuit over so both sides have oil. Place the pan (use lots of oven mitts!) back into the hot oven and set the timer for 10 minutes.
• 6. When the timer goes off, check them. If they are golden brown, remove from the oven. If not, rotate the pan because, remember, the back of the oven is hotter than the front. Keep an eye and they will soon be brown and ready to go.
• 7. SAUSAGE GRAVY: Cook the sausage, breaking it up with a spatula or wooden utensil into small clumps. When it is no longer pink and looks cooked, sprinkle on the flour. Cook this in, stirring for about 1 minute or so. Now add your milk, pouring in slowly, stirring and cooking on medium low heat. It will thicken up as it goes. If it is too thick, add a little more milk until it is the way you like it. Add some salt and pepper to taste.
• 8. Pour this over a cut open biscuit and enjoy!

MILE HIGH BUTTERMILK BISCUITS

Steps:

• Mix and sift dry ingredients into a large mixing bowl.
• Add butter and mix with a pastry blender.
• Add buttermilk all at once and stir quickly with a fork.
• (You may need to add a little more buttermilk to make a nice soft dough.)
• Turn out on a floured board and knead 5 or 6 times.
• Roll or pat into a rectangle that is 3/4" thickness.
• Cut with biscuit cutter and place on baking sheet.
• Brush tops of biscuits with buttermilk.
• Bake at 475° for 5 minutes.
• Turn off heat and leave in the oven for 5-10 minutes until golden brown.

BLUE RIBBON BUTTERMILK BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Combine flour, baking powder, salt and sugar in a large bowl. Cut in butter until the mixture has the consistency of coarse meal. Set aside.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together 1 egg and the buttermilk and add to the flour and butter mixture. Working quickly, mix just until all the ingredients are moist and the dough comes together. Be careful not to overmix.
• Transfer the dough to a smooth, well-floured surface. Roll or pat the dough to a 3/4-inch thickness and cut with a 3-inch cookie or biscuit cutter. Place on baking sheet lined iwth parchment paper so the biscuits are touching eachother. Beat second egg and brush tops of biscuits to glaze.
• Bake for 2- minutes or until golden brown. Slide onto rack to cool slightly. Break apart and serve.

OLD-FASHIONED BUTTERMILK BISCUITS

Steps:

• 1. Mix in dry ingredients.
• 2. Cut in shortening.
• 3. Add buttermilk a little at a time stirring as you go. Stir until it clings together.
• 4. Knead gently 25 to 30 times.
• 5. Roll out to a 1/2 inch.
• 6. Cut biscuits to desired size. (I sometimes make them very large using my Blue Metal Coffee Cup for camping as my cutter.)
• 7. Place on an ungreased sheet.
• 8. Bake for 15 minutes at 450 degrees until brown.
• 9. These are best used within a few days. Keep refrigerated. Makes nice breakfast sandwiches with fried bacon/sausage, eggs, and cheese!