Herman Biscuits Recipes

EASY BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°. In a large bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add milk; stir just until moistened., Turn onto a lightly floured surface; knead gently 8-10 times. Pat dough to 1/2-in. thickness. Cut with a 2-1/2-in. biscuit cutter., Place 1 in. apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake until golden brown, 10-15 minutes. Serve warm.

OLD-FASHIONED HERMIT COOKIES

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Preheat the oven to 375 F. Lightly grease a cookie sheet or line it with parchment paper. Set aside.
• In a medium bowl, mix the flour, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon, and cloves, if using. Set aside.
• With the help of an electric mixer, or in the large bowl of a standing mixer, beat the vegetable shortening, butter, and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
• Once the fats are creamed with the sugar, add the egg and cold coffee. Beat on low speed until well blended.
• Little by little, add the flour mixture into the butter mixture and stir until well combined. Use low speed to fold all of the ingredients into a sticky dough. Stop the mixer once you have a nice creamy consistency.
• Fold in the dates or raisins and the walnuts.
• Drop the cookie dough by rounded teaspoon or small cookie scoop onto the prepared cookie sheet, leaving about 2 inches between cookies. They will spread out when cooking.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 8 to 10 minutes, or until light brown.
• Remove the cookies immediately and place them on top of a cooling rack. As they cool off, the texture will get chewier.
• Enjoy!

(HERMAN STARTER) PAN BISCUITS

Steps:

• Let Herman reach room temperature, or remove from fridge about 1 hour before using. Stir in oil.
• Combine dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, soda, salt). Stir into Herman/oil mixture.
• Dump dough onto a floured board and knead until dough is pliable.
• Roll to 1 1/2 inch thickness; cut with biscuit cutter.
• Place biscuits on lightly greased baking sheet, cover lightly and let rise in warm place 1 hour.
• Bake at 350 degrees F until golden, 20 to 30 minutes.
• Note: instead of rolling, the dough may be pinched off in small pieces and shaped into rounds.

HERMAN BISCUITS

Steps:

• Bring Herman Starter to room temperature.
• Stir together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
• Stir flour mixture and oil into Herman Starter. It will form a soft dough.
• On a lightly floured surface knead dough until smooth. Pinch off small pieces of dough and shape into balls OR roll dough out and cut with a biscuit cutter. Place biscuits onto a greased baking sheet, cover and let rise in a warm place for 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Bake in biscuits in the preheat oven for about 30 minutes or until golden. Serve warm.