Great Grannys North Carolina Biscuit Pudding Food

BISCUIT PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
• (Optional) If using a meringue: In a large mixing bowl beat the egg whites until nearly stiff. Add the sugar slowly while continuing to beat until stiff peaks form. Set the meringue aside.
• In a separate large mixing bowl, crumble the biscuits until they are coarse crumbs. (Start with 6 biscuits and add more if needed to get the correct texture.)
• Add the milk, eggs, vanilla, sugar, and butter to the crumbled biscuits. Mix well. If needed, add additional biscuits one at a time until a mushy texture is achieved - not too thin, not too thick.
• Transfer the pudding to a well-buttered round casserole or baking dish. Top with the meringue, if using.
• Bake for approximately 30 minutes or until the meringue is a rich, golden brown and the pudding is creamy but set.
• Note: If you chose not to use a meringue, dot the top of the pudding with two tablespoons of butter about halfway through cooking.
• Remove from the oven and allow to cool before serving.

GRANNY'S NANA PUDDING

Steps:

• In a chilled bowl, with chilled beaters, beat the cream and confectioners' sugar together until soft peaks.
• Whisk together the sweetened condensed milk, pudding mix, half-and-half, sour cream and the salt in a large bowl.
• Reserve 4 to 6 cookies for garnish and layer half of the remaining cookies among the bottom of 4 to 6 16-ounce serving dishes (or mason jars), or in a trifle bowl (or other large glass serving dish). Next, drizzle half of the caramel over the cookies, then a layer of half the bananas, then half the pudding mixture. Repeat the layers with the remaining ingredients. Top with the whipped cream and a butter cookie or cookies. Serve or chill up to overnight.

MY GRANNY'S OLD-FASHIONED BISCUITS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Heavily grease a large cast-iron skillet or biscuit pan and set aside. (I prefer the cast iron skillet).
• 2. Put the flour into a large bowl and add lard/shortening.
• 3. Cut into flour using the usual pastry method.
• 4. Add buttermilk and mix with fork or hands.
• 5. Mix into a light dough.
• 6. Turn dough onto a floured board and knead a couple of times.
• 7. Pat dough to flatten to about 1/2 inch thick. Using a biscuit cutter, cut dough into biscuits.
• 8. Place cut biscuits in the prepared pan.
• 9. Pour melted shortening/butter over each biscuit.
• 10. Bake for about 13 to 15 minutes or until golden. Remove from pan and place into a covered container and allow to steam for about 5 minutes. You may also brush melted butter over top prior to steaming (if desired).
• 11. Serve hot with butter, apple butter, jellies, jams, honey, or anything else that you like.
• 12. Special Note: I didn't have a biscuit cutter, so what I did was open both ends of a 4-ounce sized mushroom can, washed and removed the label and it works perfectly.

OLD-FASHIONED BISCUIT PUDDING

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Heat the oven to 350 F and butter a shallow 2-quart baking dish.
• Put the biscuits in a large bowl and add 1 cup of milk. Let stand for about 5 to 10 minutes or until the biscuits have softened.
• With a fork, stir in the sugar and 1 of the eggs, mixing to blend well. Add the remaining eggs, 1 egg at a time, mixing after each addition.
• Add the melted butter , vanilla, and the remaining milk, and blend well.
• Pour the mixture into the prepared baking dish.
• Bake for 40 to 50 minutes, or until the pudding is firm and set. A knife inserted into the center should come out clean. Let the pudding cool.
• Slice the pudding into squares or wedges and serve with syrup or a dessert sauce. Enjoy.

GREAT GRANNY'S NORTH CAROLINA BISCUIT PUDDING

Steps:

• Beat the eggs, then beat evaporated milk & vanilla into beaten eggs. Mix in sugar. Carefully crumble biscuits (or two old hamburger buns) between your fingers. Drop into the custard you've just made and mix until all biscuits (buns) are saturated. Mixture should be mostly biscuit (or bun), but not so full of biscuit crumbles that some are not saturated. (If short on biscuits, sub. bread/buns.) (For English or New Orleans variation, mix 1/4 teaspoon of nutmeg and 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon into the custard.) For English variation, add SOFT raisins. For New Orleans variation, add SOFT raisins and peaches. If you add fruit, stir in evenly. I bake on high for three minutes in an 1100 Watt microwave equipped with a carousel. Remove pudding. Prepare sauce. Pour the sauce by spoonfuls evenly over top of pudding while it is still in plastic container in which it was cooked until pudding is thoroughly moistened. (You can just liberally shake on some evaporated milk to moisten "top" and sides.) When top is very moist, put air-tight plastic lid on and let stand in refrigerator until cool and sauce is mostly absorbed - overnight.) Flex the sides of the plastic container to break them free, place a "nice", china dinner plate over the bowl, serving side down, and invert the plastic bowl and the plate at once to make the pudding come out like a giant hockey puck and land on the plate. (If sauce is absorbed - not a problem.) Top (previously bottom) will have a layer of liquid on it - a ready made glaze. Sprinkle a little nutmeg on top, if you wish. The waiting time will permit the moisture/sauce in the pudding to evenly distribute. ("Whiskey sauce" or "Rum Sauce" = liquor with sugar reduced over a very low heat until sugar is no longer in crystal form. Sauce is a necessity for this dessert.) Cut this like a little cheese cake on plate in 4 - 8 slices.