How to Make Good Biscuits

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Enjoy the pleasure of watching your family gobble up your biscuits tonight at dinner, compliments of Mom. It is simple, satisfying, fun, and thrifty. Who doesn’t need to practice thrift in today’s economy?

If you think that you can’t make bread or that it is too time consuming and difficult, then, welcome to my bread making technique's.  With just a few tips and some effort, you can create, eat and enjoy. By making your own bread you control just how healthful the food that you prepare for your family is. It is quite simple and not as time consuming as you might think.

Growing up in the hard times of an earlier century, it was a necessity to know how to make bread for the big families that were common then. My mother was a master bread maker. Every morning she pulled her big granite biscuit bowl from the cabinet and began the main staple of our breakfast. Biscuits and gravy. If the hens were laying eggs and not setting, we added eggs to the biscuits and gravy and salt meat menu. There was also a gallon jug of milk from our cow,a bowl of cow butter and a bottle of syrup.

I used to watch Mom form her biscuits by rolling them between the palms of her hands. I felt that every biscuit Mom rolled out was hand kissed. Once her dough was rolled into a ball, she dipped the top of it in the melted lard in her skillet, turned it over, and placed the biscuits side by side until her pan was filled with enough bread to feed her big family.




Mom used the fat rendered from the hogs that dad slaughtered for meat. Since 1 cup of lard has up to 1849 calories and 2059 fat grams, I never use it. Using lard increases the chances for heart problems. If you have never become used to the delectable taste of bread made with lard, then you will not miss it. You will enjoy the health benefits of using butter, margarine, or my choice, canola oil.

Arm yourself with a big bowl, flour, oil and a cast iron skillet. Here are some facts that will help you become a pro.

Your dough should be firm enough to pick up in your hands and roll into a ball, and no excess flour in the bowl. If your mixture is too thin, add small amounts of flour until it is firm enough to work with. Have some oil in your skillet to rub the tops of your biscuits in before placing them in the skillet. If you don’t have buttermilk on hand, mix 1 teaspoon of vinegar with 1 cup of milk. This is a pretty good substitute for buttermilk.

One of my favorite biscuit recipes is made with butter milk and just a bit of Canola oil. That is it! If you prefer a flaky biscuit, use a fork to cut in 4 or 5 tablespoons of shortening. I like Crisco. If you don’t have buttermilk on hand use milk or the buttermilk substitute. If you substitute the buttermilk, then the liquid measurements will change.

Try this very tasty biscuit recipe. I recommend using the WR flour brand, because it is just the very best that I have found. I have been using it ever since an elderly lady in our church group introduced it to me a long time ago. This recipe will make a good sized pan of biscuits. Whatever is left over, tastes just as good heated in the microwave the next day. Be sure and store left over bread in a zip lock bag.

2 cups of WR self rising flour

1/½ cup of ice cold buttermilk

¼ cup of canola oil

Have your cast iron skillet ready with a little canola oil in the bottom of the pan to dip the tops of your dough your in.
Cook your bread in a hot oven at 425 degrees.

Place your flour in a big bowl. Pour the buttermilk and canola oil in a large measuring cup and pour it all into the flour at once. Stir quickly, scraping the sides of the bowl until there is no dry flour. Your dough should be firm enough to pinch off balls of dough to roll in your hands to form the biscuits. Once you get your ball of dough rolled out, rub the top of it in the oil in the skillet, turn it over and place biscuits side by side in the pan.

If you want your bread to rise up tall, place the biscuits very close together. That way, there will be no way but up.

Remember by following some of the suggestions in the article you can create the perfect biscuit to suit your family’s unique taste preference.

Keep it healthy.