Mimi's Biscuits
Recipe: #2218
November 08, 2011
"My mother-in-law made the best biscuits in the world. I have tried to make them like hers but have failed. I tried many recipes and this is the one that I came up with about 30 years ago. It is as close to hers as I can get. Even my husband says that they are like hers."
Original recipe yields 10-12 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (55.4 g)
- Calories 202.1
- Total Fat - 11.7 g
- Saturated Fat - 2.4 g
- Cholesterol - 1.8 mg
- Sodium - 279.3 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 21.3 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.7 g
- Sugars - 1.7 g
- Protein - 3.1 g
- Calcium - 158.2 mg
- Iron - 0.5 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Put the first 5 ingredients in a bowl and mix; then cut in with a pastry blender the shortening until it resembles coarse crumbs.
Step 2
Add the buttermilk all at once and stir only until the dough follows the fork around the bowl.
Step 3
Turn out on a lightly floured board and knead gently to pull together about 1/2 minute; pat or roll about 1/2" thick and cut with biscuit cutter.
Step 4
Bake on ungreased sheet at 460 degrees for about 10-12 minutes.
Tips & Variations
No special items needed.
Tags :
Breakfast
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