Tender Biscuits For Two Recipes

BISCUITS FOR 2

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°. In a small bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt; cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add milk, tossing with a fork until a ball forms. , Turn onto a lightly floured surface; knead 5-6 times. Roll or pat to 1/2-in. thickness; cut with a 2-1/2-in. biscuit cutter. Place on a greased baking sheet. Brush tops with 1 tablespoon butter. Bake until golden brown, 9-11 minutes. Brush with remaining butter. Serve warm.

THE MOST FLUFFY AND BUTTERY BISCUITS EVER

Steps:

• In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and baking soda.
• Add the butter and using a pastry blender, cut the butter into the flour until pea-like crumbs form.
• Stir in the beaten eggs with a wooden spoon until just combined. Then pour in the buttermilk until the dough comes together into a sticky mass. You may need more buttermilk if it's still too dry and there is flour still at the bottom of your bowl. I ended up having to add in 1/2 cup more. DO NOT add 1/2 cup more all at the same time. Do 1 tablespoon at a time until the right consistency is reached.
• Cover the bowl and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
• When ready, preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Dust a little flour onto your work surface then put the dough onto the work surface and use your hands (flour them) to press into a round, roughly 14 inch diameter and 1/2 inch thick. See photos in the blog post.
• Use a floured 2 3/4-inch round biscuit cutter to cut out about 20 biscuits. Reform the scraps of dough into a circle again to cut more.
• Transfer biscuits to prepared baking sheet and arrange them so they are touching each other. See photos in the blog post.
• In a small dish, beat together remaining egg and buttermilk then brush on top of the biscuits.
• Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until the tops are golden brown.
• Let cool slightly before devouring! They're best eaten out of the oven, day of.
• Serve with your favorite sausage gravy, jam, or clotted cream.

TENDER BUTTERMILK BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
• Combine flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda in a large bowl. Cut in Country Crock® Spread with pastry blender or two knives, until mixture is the size of coarse crumbs. Gradually drizzle in buttermilk, then stir until just moistened. Gently press into an 8-inch round on lightly floured board.
• Cut out 6 biscuits using a 3-inch biscuit cutter. Arrange biscuits on ungreased baking sheet.
• Bake 10 minutes or until lightly golden.

TENDER POTATO BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar. Cut in butter, until pieces of butter are no larger than peas. Use a fork to stir in mashed potatoes, breaking them up into chunks. Make a well in the mixture, and pour in egg, water and milk. Stir into a loose dough using the fork.
• Turn dough out onto a floured surface, and knead for 6 or 8 times so the dough holds together. Pat the dough out to about 3/4 inch thickness, and cut into circles with a biscuit cutter or drinking glass. Place biscuits onto an ungreased baking sheet. Brush the tops with 2 tablespoons milk.
• Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until bottoms are golden.

BAKING POWDER BISCUITS FOR TWO

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Preheat the oven to 400 F and grease a baking sheet .
• Mix the flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium-size bowl.
• Work in the butter and shortening with a fork.
• Slowly mix in the milk until a soft dough is formed. Mix the dough by hand with a large wooden or plastic spoon. The dough is too stiff for most electric mixers and it's likely that you'll burn out the motor. Also, your biscuits should not be mixed until the dough is perfectly smooth. A few lumps are actually a good thing in this type of dough, so don't stress about getting it perfect.
• Turn the dough out onto a floured board.
• Pat the dough down until it is about 1/2 inch thick.
• Cut the dough into four to five equal-sized biscuits and place them on the greased pan.
• Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, or until lightly golden.

TENDER HOMEMADE SOUR CREAM BISCUITS (NO-FAIL RECIPE)

Steps:

• 1. In medium-sized bowl, whisk first 4 ingredients til well mixed.
• 2. Add sour cream in spoonfuls on top, add oil and mix til all is just moistened with a spoon. Switch to using your hands turning the dough to get all the last of the dry stuff on the bottom of the bowl. Knead 8 times on floured surface.
• 3. Roll thick to only about an 8" circle. Just a few passes with your (floured) rolling pin. Cut out 6 biscuits with a biscuit cutter or a floured glass. Get 2 more out of the last of the dough. (Bunch it back together, knead it just a bit, pat or roll it and cut.) Pitch any last little tidbit if any left. I place mine on my old round metal pizza pan covered with foil and sprayed with butter-flavored Pam. But a cookie sheet will work just fine.
• 4. Place little pats of butter on top, or spread it a little if the butter is VERY soft and doesn't deflate the biscuits while doing so. Bake in hot, preheated 425 oven for 12-15 minutes (ovens vary) or til golden brown on top. Remove from oven and butter tops again with other half of butter. Serve warm with more butter and homemade jam or honey. Makes 8 tall sour cream biscuits.

2-INGREDIENT BISCUIT RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Combine 2 cups of flour and 2 cups of heavy whipping cream. Stir until mixed. Scoop out onto the floured countertop and knead 10-12 times. Sprinkle with flour so the dough is not sticky, as needed. Then roll out the biscuit dough 1/2 inch thick with a floured rolling pin. Cut out the biscuits and place them on a greased cookie sheet. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until light golden brown. Serve with butter, jam, or honey. Enjoy. They will melt in your melt, I promise.
• If you only have Bread FLOUR: You can use bread flour but you will have to add 1-1/2 teaspoons of baking powder and 1/4 teaspoon of salt to EACH CUP of flour. This recipe calls for 2 cups of flour so you would add 3 teaspoons of baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon of salt to the recipe.

FLAKY TENDER BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C) and place rack in center of oven. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• In a large mixing bowl, sift or whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Cut the butter into the dry ingredients until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs (use pastry blender, two knives, or fingertips). Add the milk and slightly beaten egg and stir until just combined. (The texture should be sticky, moist and lumpy.).
• Place mixture on a lightly floured surface and knead the dough gently until it comes together and is a smooth dough.
• Roll out dough to 1/2 inch (1.25 cm) thickness. Cut out biscuits with a lightly floured round cookie cutter. Place on prepared baking sheet and brush the tops with the beaten egg and milk mixture and bake for about 10 - 15 minutes or until the tops are golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center of the biscuit comes out clean. Remove from oven and place on a wire rack. Serve warm with butter.
• Makes about 12 3-inch (7.5 cm) biscuits.

TENDER BISCUITS FOR TWO

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the flour, Parmesan cheese and garlic salt. Cut in cream cheese until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in milk and yogurt just until moistened., Drop by scant 1/3 cupfuls 2 in. apart onto a baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Bake at 400° for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm.

TENDER, FLAKY, BUTTERMILK BISCUITS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 485 degree F. Sift the dry ingredients in a medium bowl.
• 2. Slice the butter into pats and with fingers, rub the butter into the flour, until you have pieces the size of large and small peas.
• 3. Stir the buttermilk into the flour with a fork, just until the dough starts to come together. Using your hands, start kneading the dough to incorporate all of the flour. If the dough is not sticky, add more milk.
• 4. Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and fold over itself 2 or 3 times ( this is what makes the layers.) Just fold and push 3 times. With your hands, pat out dough to 3/4 inch thickness. Cut out dough using a 3 inch biscuit cutter - DO NOT TWIST THE CUTTER! Twisting will seal sides, and keep biscuits from rising correctly.
• 5. Place biscuits on a greased baking sheet or cake pan, so they almost touch. Brush tops with buttermilk or melted butter.
• 6. Bake for 10 - 12 minutes or until desired brownness occurs. I turn the pan half way through baking time.
• 7. Brush the biscuits when taken from the oven and serve them hot. Enjoy with honey, butter, jam or gravy!