Southern Biscuits
Created by Fizzybrat on July 27, 2017
- Servings: 24
- Prep Time: 20m
- Cook Time: 10m
- Recipe #26690
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/3 cup shortening
- 2/3 cup buttermilk
How to Make
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Step 1: Preheat oven to 450.
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Step 2: Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and baking soda in a bowl
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Step 3: Cut in shortening until mixture looks like meal.
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Step 4: Add almost all of the butter milk, just enough to make a soft, puffy, easy to roll dough.
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Step 5: Turn out dough onto a lightly floured, cloth covered surface.
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Step 6: Knead lightly 20 - 25 times.
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Step 7: Roll out to almost 1/2 inch and cut with floured biscuit cutter.
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Step 8: Place on ungreased baking sheet.
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Step 9: Bake 10-12 min, until golden brown.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (21.3 g)
- Calories 70.2
- Total Fat - 3.3 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.7 g
- Cholesterol - 0.8 mg
- Sodium - 160.8 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 8.7 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.3 g
- Sugars - 0.7 g
- Protein - 1.3 g
- Calcium - 37.7 mg
- Iron - 0.2 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg