Basic Biscuits with Variations
Source of Recipe
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List of Ingredients
2 c Flour
1/2 ts Salt
4 ts Baking powder
2 tb Shortening
3/4 c Milk or milk and water mixed
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Recipe
SWEET ROLLS
1 Recipe basic biscuits
Butter
Brown sugar
CHEESE BISCUITS
1 Recipe basic biscuits
2 tb To 4 grated cheese
PARKER HOUSE ROLLS
1 Recipe basic biscuits
2/3 c Milk
2 ts Sugar
Melted butter
Basic Biscuits:
Sift dry ingredients; rub in the shortening as
lightly as possible with fingers until just
blended. Have milk as cold as possible, mix with
flour to form a soft dough. Mix with a flexible
knife rather than a spoon, as the steel blade is
colder than a spoon and also because the knife
cuts and mixes more thoroughly. Turn out onto a
well floured board; pat to 3/4" thick. Cut into
rounds; put on a baking pan, being sure they do
not touch. Bake at 425 degrees 12-14 minutes.
Sweet Rolls:
Make biscuits into a loaf; let raise. Roll out
1/4" thick; spread with a thick layer of butter,
cover with sugar. Roll up and slice 1" thick. Let
raise, bake at 350 degrees 20-25 minutes.
Cheese Biscuits:
Make Basic biscuits, adding cheese to the dough.
Bake the same way.
Parker House Rolls:
Make biscuits except use 2/3 cup milk; add sugar.
Roll out 1/3" thick, cut into rounds, brush with
butter, crease across centers; fold in half. Bake
as directed.
The chief requirements for "good biscuits" are:
1 A very soft dough, so soft as to be almost
sticky.
2. Very little handling because manipulation
destroys their lightness.
3. A very quick oven. If "biscuits" are not
allowed to touch each other in the pan, they will
be lighter and more delicate than when placed
close together.
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