South Georgia Biscuits Recipes

EASY SOUTHERN CHEDDAR BISCUITS RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.

SOUTHERN BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Using your fingertips, rub butter and shortening into dry ingredients until mixture looks like crumbs. (The faster the better, you don't want the fats to melt.) Make a well in the center and pour in the chilled buttermilk. Stir just until the dough comes together. The dough will be very sticky.
• Turn dough onto floured surface, dust top with flour and gently fold dough over on itself 5 or 6 times. Press into a 1-inch thick round. Cut out biscuits with a 2-inch cutter, being sure to push straight down through the dough. Place biscuits on baking sheet so that they just touch. Reform scrap dough, working it as little as possible and continue cutting. (Biscuits from the second pass will not be quite as light as those from the first, but hey, that's life.)
• Bake until biscuits are tall and light gold on top, 15 to 20 minutes.

SOUTH GEORGIA BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder and salt. Cut in shortening with a pastry blender or by rubbing between your fingers until the lumps are smaller than peas. Pour in the milk all at once, and stir with a large spoon until dough is evenly moist. It should be sticky.
• Flour your hands, and knead the dough lightly for 3 or 4 turns, adding just enough flour so that it doesn't stick to your hands. Let the dough rest for a minute or two.
• With well-floured hands, pinch off pieces of dough (about 12) and pat lightly into balls. Don't over work the dough. Place about 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets. With floured knuckles, press each ball down to about 1/2 inch thickness.
• Bake for 11 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven, until browned on the bottom. Serve hot with butter.

OLD FASHIONED BUTTERMILK BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
• Spray a baking sheet or cast iron skillet generously with cooking spray and set aside.
• Sift the flour into a large mixing bowl.
• Make a well in the center of the flour and pour in the buttermilk followed by the oil and the salt.
• Mix all ingredients together just until all the flour is moistened. Do not overmix.
• Turn the dough out onto a very lightly floured surface and knead 4 or 5 times - no more.
• Pinch off portions of dough a little larger than a golf ball.
• Roll the dough into a ball, then press to flatten into a disk.
• Place the biscuits on the prepared baking sheet or skillet with the edges touching.
• Place the baking sheet in the upper third of the oven and bake for approximately 15 minutes. If tops are not quite brown near the end of the cooking time, turn on the broiler briefly to finish browning.
• While the biscuits are cooking, melt the butter over low heat.
• Remove biscuits from the oven and brush with melted butter.

BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 °F.
• In a large bowl combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt together. Cut butter into mixture until it begins to look like cornmeal.
• Make a well with flour mixture and slowly add milk into the middle. Knead dough with your fingers and add milk when necessary. Roll out dough onto a lightly floured surface and roll out to desired thickness. Cut with small biscuit cutter.
• Butter bottom of skillet and place biscuits in pan. Bake for 12 minutes or until golden brown.