Memes Biscuits Recipes

MEME'S BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 500°F. In a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt. Using a pastry cutter or two knives, cut the butter into the flour mixture until it resembles coarse meal. Pour in the buttermilk, and gently mix until just combined.
• Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead lightly, using the heel of your hand to compress and push the dough away from you, then fold it back over itself. Give the dough a small turn and repeat 8 or so times. (It's not yeast bread; you want to just barely activate the gluten, not overwork it.) Using a lightly floured rolling pin, roll the dough out 1/2 inch thick. Cut out rounds of dough with a 2 1/4-inch round cutter dipped in flour; press the cutter straight down without twisting so the biscuits will rise evenly when baked.
• Place the biscuits on an ungreased baking sheet or in an 8- by 2-inch round cake pan. If the biscuits are baked close together the sides will be moist. If the biscuits are baked further apart, the sides will be crisp.
• Bake until golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes. Transfer to a rack to cool just slightly. Serve warm.
• If I don't feel like rolling out biscuits, or just want a different texture, I tweak the recipe by adding more buttermilk to the dough and make drop biscuits: use 3 cups of flour-2 for the dough and 1 cup placed in a bowl to shape the dough into biscuits. Increase the buttermilk to 2 cups. The dough will be very wet and resemble cottage cheese. To form the biscuits into balls, scoop up some dough with a large ice cream scoop; place the dough balls in the bowl with the 1 cup of flour. Working one at a time, roll the balls to coat in flour, then set in an ungreased 8- by 2-inch round cake pan. The baking time will be the same as for cut biscuits.

MEME MELINDA'S ANGEL BISCUITS/CINNAMON ROLLS

Steps:

• Dissolve soda in buttermilk. Dissolve yeast in warm water. Mix sugar and shortening in a large plastic bowl Slowly add buttermilk and yeast mixtures to the sugar and shortening. Add four or more cups of self rising flour to make the dough stiff and mix well.
• Seal tight and store in refrigerator until needed Take out amount needed. Work with very little flour and make into biscuits. Place in lightly greased pan. Brush tops with melted butter and bake at 350°until lightly golden brown
• Dough will keep in refrigerator for days. For cinnamon rolls get out dough needed and roll thin on a floured surface. Spread with melted butter then sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon. Roll as you would a jellyroll then cut and slice. Play cinnamon rolls in a buttered baking dish bake at 350° until golden brown Cool slightly then drizzle with icing by mixing a small amount of milk with confectioners' sugar

MEME'S TEA BISCUITS MADE EASY

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven @ 425 Sift first 4 ingredients together making sure to mix all thoroughly.
• 2. Add your Crisco shortening, blending into flour mixture very well.
• 3. Add buttermilk, slowly while blending well; kneed in bowl for a few minutes minutes.
• 4. Sprinkle work area and rolling pin with flour,roll and cut your dough to make tea biscuits using a cookie or biscuit cutter.
• 5. Apply Baker's Joy to cookie sheet; place tea biscuits on cookie sheet approximately 1/2 inch apart.
• 6. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or til light golden brown. (Don't be intimidated by this recipe. You can make these if you really aren't a bread baker.)
• 7. *NOTE* This recipe makes many tea biscuits (they should be about the same size as Mary B's) Also, they are very delicious the next day cut open, buttered and then toasted. Offer them with apple jelly or your favorite jelly. Your family will be so impressed with your very own homemade tea biscuits and you will too.