Grandmother Walters's Biscuits

Grandmother Walters's Biscuits

Info

Rating
Calories
135.0
Protein
3.0
Sodium
257.0
Fat
6.0

Description

I believe the secret to my grandmother Grace's biscuits is that she would talk to them, saying, "Rise, Mr. Biscuit, rise!" And they would. Her buttermilk biscuits were quite similar to these, made with whole milk, but sometimes she'd substitute buttermilk and use baking soda instead of baking powder.

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
2 tablespoons baking powder
2 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
5 tablespoons cold butter, preferably European style, diced
1 cup whole milk

Directions

  1. 1. Preheat the oven to 425°F. Sift the flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt into a mixing bowl. Using a fork or a pastry cutter, cut the butter into the flour until it resembles cornmeal. Add the milk, stirring until the dough just comes together to form a ball.
  2. 2. Turn the dough out onto a well-floured surface. Gently pat the dough down with your hands and fold it over on itself. Pat the dough down and fold it over once or twice more. Loosely cover the dough with a clean kitchen towel and let it rest for a half hour or so.
  3. 3. Being careful not to overwork the dough, roll it out until it is 3/4 to 1 inch thick. Cut dough into biscuits using whatever cutter you like. Grandmother used an inverted juice glass, which was really an old preserves jar. For more biscuits, use a smaller glass.
  4. 4. Place the biscuits on a cookie sheet and bake until uniformly golden brown, 10–14 minutes.

Tags

    Bread Milk/Cream Breakfast Brunch Side Bake Kid-Friendly Mardi Gras Potluck Butter Sugar Conscious Vegetarian Pescatarian Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free Kosher
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