Kentucky Biscuits Recipes

KENTUCKY BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425. Sift into mixing bowl flour, salt, sugar and baking powder.
• Make a nest in the flour mix and add milk.
• Add shortening and begin kneading with hands (to cut in) the vegetable shortening and flour in the milk until thoroughly mixed.
• Add milk - if needed - to form, and mix.
• Turn onto floured board, and knead gently 6 to 8 times.
• Pat dough to 1/2" thickness.
• Cut into biscuits.
• Place on baking sheet and brown in oven 10-13 minutes.

1960 ORIGINAL KENTUCKY BUTTERMILK BISCUIT

Steps:

• Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• Cut in shortening.
• Add buttermilk; mix well.
• As told in recipe, look for a texture like "velvet". If sticky, dust with flour and work till smooth as velvet and either roll out by hand or on a floured surface ½-inch thick and cut.
• Bake at 450°F for 15-25 minutes on a lightly sprayed pan. Depending on oven, just make it golden brown. (Brush tops of biscuits with butter when you take them out of oven for a nice finish and taste).

KENTUCKY BISCUITS

Steps:

• Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and sugar in a mixing bowl.
• Cut in butte ror shortening with pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Add buttermilk, mix quickly to make a soft dough.
• Turn out onto lightly floured surface. Knead a few times to make a soft dough, don't overknead or the biscuits will turn hard and dry.
• Roll out to a 6 inch by 6 inch square. Place on ungreased baking sheet.
• With knife, cut dough into 12 even portions. Do not separate.
• Brush on melted butter, bake at 400°F until golden, about 15 minutes. Dust with flour if desired, when biscuits come out of the oven.
• Serve piping hot with butter, jam or honey.

GRAPEVINE KENTUCKY BUTTERMILK BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Place heavy cast-iron skillet into oven to preheat. Chill a large mixing bowl, pastry cutter, flour and 1 stick butter in the freezer 15 minutes before assembling the biscuits.
• Add the flour to the chilled mixing bowl. Working quickly, cut 1 stick butter into the flour using the chilled pastry cutter (or your fingers); the goal here is pea-size balls of butter. In batches, add in the buttermilk until the dough is cohesive yet still moist. Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and lightly press into a 1-inch-thick round. Using a biscuit cutter or business end of a dry-measuring cup, cut out 8 biscuits. (Use the extra dough to cook up a big piece of shortcake for dessert....strawberry shortcake!)
• Carefully remove the skillet from the oven and add the oil. Place the dough rounds into the hot skillet, right up against each other, and brush with the 3 tablespoons melted butter. Bake until golden brown, about 15 minutes.

KENTUCKY BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• In a bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar. Cut in 1/2 cup butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Mix in the buttermilk. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface, and knead 2 minutes. Transfer to an ungreased baking sheet, roll into a 6x6 inch square, and cut into 12 even sections. Do not separate.
• Bake 15 minutes in the preheated oven, until a knife inserted in the center of the square comes out clean. Separate into biscuits, and serve hot.

COLONEL SANDERS' KENTUCKY BISCUITS

Steps:

• Sift dry ingredients into mixing bowl and nest the flour mixture.
• Add most of buttermilk.
• Cut in the lard.
• Begin squeezing the lard and flour in the milk until thoroughly mixed.
• Add the rest of the buttermilk if needed and mix.
• Turn on to floured board.
• Knead until consistency desired.
• Cut into biscuits.
• Place on a lightly greased baking sheet.
• Bake in a preheated 450°F oven for 12-14 minutes.

KENTUCKY BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• In a bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar. Cut in 1/2 cup butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Mix in the buttermilk. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface, and knead 2 minutes.
• Transfer to an ungreased baking sheet, roll into a 6x6 inch square, and cut into 12 even sections. Do not separate.
• Bake 15 minutes in the preheated oven, until a knife inserted in the center of the square comes out clean. Separate into biscuits, and serve hot.

KFC BISCUITS (COPYCAT)

Steps:

• PREHEAT oven to 400°F; COMBINE 2 cups all-purpose flour, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, 1 tablespoon sugar, 4 teaspoons baking powder and 1/4 teaspoon baking soda in a large mixing bowl; CUT in shortenings until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• STIR in 1 cup buttermilk just until a soft dough forms (dough will be very loose and sticky at this point).
• SPRINKLE flour over a large wooden board; TURN dough onto a floured board and knead gently 10 to 12 times or until no longer sticky, re-flouring board as necessary while kneading.
• DIVIDE dough in half; GENTLY pat or roll each half into an 8-inch circle 1/2-inch thick.
• CUT out biscuits - pressing straight down - with a 2-inch biscuit cutter.
• REFORM scraps, working it as little as possible and continue cutting.
• PLACE cut biscuits on an ungreased baking sheet with edges barely touching; BRUSH tops of the biscuits with whole milk.
• BAKE for 15 minutes, or until golden brown.
• IMMEDIATELY brush biscuits with margarine (or butter) after baking.
• SERVE hot and enjoy.