Confederate Biscuits
"They used lard or Bacon grease white flour was for rich folks you could use all purpose flour if you want They didn't have milk just water"
Original recipe yields 6 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (76.1 g)
- Calories 171.6
- Total Fat - 4.2 g
- Saturated Fat - 1.4 g
- Cholesterol - 4.1 mg
- Sodium - 346.8 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 29.3 g
- Dietary Fiber - 4.3 g
- Sugars - 0.2 g
- Protein - 6.3 g
- Calcium - 15 mg
- Iron - 1.5 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F
Step 2
Mix the flour salt and cream of tartar together
Step 3
Cut in shortening
Step 4
Dissolve 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda into about 3/4 cup of warm water.
Step 5
Stir and add to the dry ingredients to make a dough.
Step 6
If more water is needed, add a little at a time until the dough is the right consistency.
Step 7
Pat out on floured board and cut out
Step 8
Heat bacon grease in a skillet
Step 9
Place cut out biscuits in skillet
Step 10
Bake these biscuits at 450 for 12 to 14 minutes or until lightly browned.
Tips & Variations
No special items needed.
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