Super Soft Biscuits
These Biscuits are nice and fluffy on the inside and lightly crisp on the outside!
Servings: 5
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 Cup All Purpose Flour
- 1 1/2 Tablespoon Baking Powder
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 1/2 Tablespoon Sugar
- 1/3 C. Shortening or Coconut Oil
- 1 C. Buttermilk or 1 Cup Milk plus 1 Tablespoon Vinegar or lemon juice
- 2 Tablespoon Butter Melted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400
- Whisk all of the dry ingredients together in a large mixing bowl; cut in the shortening with a fork, or pastry cutter until it resembles a coarse mill.
- Pour Buttermilk into Dry ingredients or In a separate small bowl; mix milk and vinegar and then add to dry ingredients. Mix until combined. This will be gooey, so I like to flour my hands beforehand.
- Turn onto a floured surface and; knead only about 10x's. Do not over knead or over handle the dough.
- Roll out to about 1 in. thick and cut with 3 in. round biscuit cutter. Place onto large cookies sheet or into round oven pan.Note: To get a nice crease down the center of your biscuit for easy opening; roll out to about 1/2 in. then fold over in half; roll over again lightly one time with your rolling pin then cut with biscuit cutter.
- Bake 11-13 Minutes; till lightly golden on top. Remove from oven and brush with your butter.
- You can serve as is or return to oven for 1-2 more minutes to cook butter into biscuits and have buttery crisp tops!
Notes
- This recipe makes around 9-10 large Biscuits.