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Biscuits! (Original Post) Marthe48 Jan 2024 OP
Mmmmm Tesha Jan 2024 #1
Mom made them once a week . Permanut Jan 2024 #2
Wow! MOMFUDSKI Jan 2024 #3
I stir together the dry ingredients Marthe48 Jan 2024 #4
So much easier with a food processor Warpy Jan 2024 #5
I mostly do a small batch once in awhile Marthe48 Jan 2024 #6
It's too bad that many tasty things are unhealthy. Crisco? People still use that artery clogger? nt TeamProg Jan 2024 #7
I use coconut oil Marthe48 Jan 2024 #8
 

MOMFUDSKI

(7,080 posts)
3. Wow!
Tue Jan 9, 2024, 02:31 PM
Jan 2024

Years back Martha had a lady on her show making biscuits. Pour a small bag of self-rising flour into a bowl. Add buttermilk into a well that you make. Then Crisco into that cold buttermilk and pinch with fingers until pea size. Then gather enough flour to make a ball. Roll out and cut and bake. Save flour in frig for next batch. They are good. Check it out.

Marthe48

(18,918 posts)
4. I stir together the dry ingredients
Tue Jan 9, 2024, 02:38 PM
Jan 2024

then add shortening, and mix till mealy. Then add milk and stir just till blended. I melt butter in the pan, and then drop the dough into the butter. Bake at 425 for 16-18 minutes. I've used buttermilk, almond milk, cream, milk or a combination of them.

I got the recipe from an old cookbook I've had forever

Warpy

(113,130 posts)
5. So much easier with a food processor
Tue Jan 9, 2024, 02:39 PM
Jan 2024

Pastry doughs of various descriptions are about all I used mine for., nothing else justified the cleanup.

Love my own shortbread, biscuits, pie crusts. Haven't made any of them since I moved and don't have room for appliances.

Marthe48

(18,918 posts)
6. I mostly do a small batch once in awhile
Tue Jan 9, 2024, 02:47 PM
Jan 2024

I used a cup of flour, and got 8 biscuits. Bowl, fork, pastry blender, pan. I like doing the dough mixing by hand, puts a little of me into the batch

Marthe48

(18,918 posts)
8. I use coconut oil
Tue Jan 9, 2024, 03:15 PM
Jan 2024

Not better, I know. I don't think I've made flour biscuits for over 6 months. For the 2 years before that, I made coconut flour biscuits, but I didn't want to use that many eggs.

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