What are friends for? Probably too much shortening. Cut back, and also, a little tip we found out, keep your flour in the freezer, so it will be cold while making the biscuits, then they don't rise so much ahead of time. Advertisement We buy flour in bulk when we found this out. And kept it in the freezer. Take all of the above suggestions into consideration and use Canola oil.
Healthier for you. I make mine in a 9X12 pan anymore cause I am lazier as I get older. Can cut them to "your" size. I call them pan biscuits. As long as they get eaten. I remember my Mom making homemade biscuits and gravy. She always cut the biscuits out using the open end of a glass.
She would always pour a little oil in the bottom of a pan and coat both sides of the biscuit as she laid it in the pan. Advertisement There are 8 of us kids left.. I agree, brushing them with butter is a must. Also, I think you need to be sure the dough isn't too dry or overworked. Bake quickly in a hot oven. Homemade Biscuit Recipes. Place biscuits on ungreased baking sheets and bake in preheated oven until golden brown, about 10 minutes. You can refrigerate the dough either as a single ball or already cut into biscuits, whichever is more practical.
Rolled biscuits will be lighter if you roll and cut them before refrigeration, rather than chilling the dough in a ball. And baking dry cookie dough will likely lead to tough dry cookies. Luckily, there are a few things you can do to fix dry cookie dough. Your cookies will be saved soon enough!
Any southern baker will tell you that to make the best biscuits, you need special flour—specifically White Lily All-Purpose Flour milled from extra-fine, soft, red-winter wheat.
Homemade biscuits, properly made, are feather-light and filled with tender layers. They have a golden-brown top with tiny cracks and crevices. Fat in the dough forms pockets of air that fill with steam, causing the biscuits to rise. As the biscuits rise, the tops crack slightly, which is the effect you want. Dry biscuits that stick to the roof of your mouth make for an unpleasant eating experience that will have you gulping your coffee or OJ just to get through it — and they're often the result of having spent too long in the oven.
One common reason this happens is that biscuit recipes will sometimes direct you to bake for a certain number of minutes, or until golden. However, the golden-brown image of restaurant biscuits that you have in your head is likely the product of brushing the tops with melted butter, which adds decadent flavor and provides a mouthwatering, golden sheen not achieved from baking alone.
Our advice: Start with the lowest time suggestion in your recipe. Then, if your biscuits are starting to look brown, take them out and brush them with butter before serving. Or if your favorite recipe involves rolling out and folding or layering the dough like this one , try adding a thin layer of softened cream cheese between the layers of dough.
It will keep every bite light and moist. All you want to do is slather some butter and jelly on your steaming biscuit…but one sweep of the knife, and half your biscuit is crumbled in your lap.
If this sounds familiar, you could be adding too much flour to your dough without knowing it, disrupting the ratio of dry to wet ingredients. When you dip your measuring cup into your bag of flour and use it as a scoop, you often wind up with a too-tightly packed cup of flour, i. To avoid this, set your measuring cup on the counter and use a spoon to remove the flour from the bag and tip it into the cup; then use something with a flat edge, like a knife, to level it off before adding it to your mixing bowl.
Another reason you may end up with excessive flour in your dough stems from picking up too much via your work surface. Biscuit dough is sticky, so it can be tempting to cover your work surface and the top of your dough with an extra half a cup of flour to keep it from clinging to the counter.
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