Basic Biscuits From Paula Deen Food

CLASSIC BUTTERMILK BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
• In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, and salt. Using a fork or pastry blender, cut in cold butter until mixture is crumbly and about the size of peas. Gradually add buttermilk, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened.
• Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface, and gently knead 3 to 4 times. Pat dough to 1-inch thickness using a light touch; the more you work the dough, the tougher your biscuits will be. Using a 2½-inch round cutter dipped in flour, cut dough without twisting cutter, flouring cutter between each cut. Make cuts close together to minimize scraps. Gently re-pat scraps and cut to use all dough. Place biscuits on prepared pan, sides touching so they rise high. Gently press down top of biscuits with your knuckles; brush with melted butter.
• Bake until golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes. Let cool on pan for 5 minutes; serve immediately with butter.
• Baking Tips: After you cube the butter, put it in the freezer for a few minutes to get it really cold. Resist the temptation to cut the butter into pieces that are smaller than peas; bigger butter pieces mean taller, flakier biscuits. Use full-fat buttermilk, and give the container a good shake before measuring. If the sides of your biscuits are touching, they will rise higher. Biscuits can be prepared through step 3 and frozen in a heavy-duty resealable plastic bag for up to 2 months. Bake frozen biscuits as directed for 30 to 35 minutes.

BASIC BISCUITS - FROM PAULA DEEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400ºF.
• Dissolve yeast in warm water; set aside.
• Mix dry ingredients together.
• Cut in shortening. (NOTE: P.S. if you freeze the shortening first, then grate the frozen shortening into the dry mixture it blends perfectly throughout and simplifies the process. This tip supplied by a reviewer).
• Add yeast and buttermilk and mix well.
• Turn dough onto lightly floured surface and roll out to desired thickness.
• Cut with small biscuit cutter and place on greased baking sheet.
• Bake for 12 minutes or until golden brown.

BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 °F.
• In a large bowl combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt together. Cut butter into mixture until it begins to look like cornmeal.
• Make a well with flour mixture and slowly add milk into the middle. Knead dough with your fingers and add milk when necessary. Roll out dough onto a lightly floured surface and roll out to desired thickness. Cut with small biscuit cutter.
• Butter bottom of skillet and place biscuits in pan. Bake for 12 minutes or until golden brown.

PAULA DEEN'S SOUR CREAM BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Mix butter, flour and sour cream until JUST blended. Do Not Over mix.
• Pour batter into muffin tins, 2/3 the way full to allow for biscuits to rise.
• Bake for 20 minutes.

PAULA DEEN'S CHEESE BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• In a large bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, and sugar using a fork.
• Cut in the shortening using a fork until the mixture looks like cornmeal.
• Add the cheese and then stir in the buttermilk all at once until the dough just comes together. Do not overmix.
• Use an ice cream scoop to drop the biscuits on a greased baking sheet.
• Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, or until biscuits are lightly browned.

PAULA DEEN'S CHEESE BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In medium bowl, mix flour, baking powder, salt, to taste, and sugar together using a fork; cut in shortening until it resembles cornmeal.
• Add cheese.
• Stir in buttermilk all at one time just until blended. Do not over stir.
• Drop by tablespoon, or use ice cream scoop, onto a well greased baking sheet.
• Brush dough with melted butter.
• Bake for 12 to 15 minutes.
• Note: it took the biscuits 20 minutes to cook in my oven, but I have and oven that always takes longer to bake than the recipe says.

THE LADY'S CHEESE BISCUITS & GARLIC BUTTER - PAULA DEEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Farenheit.
• Mix flour, baking powder, and sugar together using fork.
• Mix in shortening with fork or pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse cornmeal.
• Stir in cheese.
• Lightly stir in buttermilk until just blended; do not overmix.
• Drop by tablespoonfuls (The Lady actually uses an ice cream scoop, according to the recipe) onto a well-greased baking sheet.
• Bake 12 to 15 minutes.
• Brush with butter or garlic butter.
• ---GarlicButter Instructions--- Combine butter and garlic in small saucepan over medium heat.
• Cook until butter absorbs garlic flavor, but don't allow the garlic to color.
• Remove from heat, and discard garlic.
• Can be stored, covered, in the refrigerator for about two weeks.