Best Ever Biscuit Recipe- Family Favorite !!
Living in the South has given me a great appreciation for Southern cooking. It became evident to me that I had to figure out how to make a delicious homemade biscuit. After many, many fails, I finally found the secret to making quick and easy, fluffy, buttery biscuits that my family loves. Read my tips and tricks in the recipe below!
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Best Ever Biscuit Recipe - Family Favorite !!
Ingredients:
4 cups flour
1 cup butter
2 cups milk
1/4 lemon or 1/2 TBSP lemon juice
2 TBSP + 2 tsp baking powder
4 tsp sugar
1 tsp salt
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Directions:
In a large bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, sugar and salt.
Now here is my secret!! Touch the butter as little as possible. Chop the butter into small cubes. Then dump the butter in with the flour mixture and use your pastry cutter (this is the one I got off Amazon, LOVE it!) to cut the butter into the flour. Cut them together until the butter chunks are about the size of peas.
Pour milk and lemon juice into a bowl or cup and stir together. Pour into the mixing bowl until just blended.
Next I pull out my pastry frame. I had never seen one of these until I was at my friend’s house making a pie- this is a game changer!! My biscuits were always sticking to the counter or parchment paper. No more!! Just sprinkle a little flour onto the canvas surface of the pastry frame, and dump the dough on there. Still touching the dough as little as possible (the butter staying cold is key!), roll your dough out until it is about and 1 1/2 to 2 inches thick. I also LOVE my rolling pin cover. It keeps the dough from sticking to the rolling pin. So great.
Use your biscuit cutter to punch the biscuits into circles. I really like the big 3 inch circular cutters. Place biscuits on a cookie sheet. Preheat oven to 450 F degrees. Bake for 10-12 minutes until golden brown. Brush with butter when they come out, if desired.
These are so delicious served with our chicken noodle soup, smothered in our berry compote or even all by themselves!
