Mile High Biscuits Recipe 435 Food

MILE "HIGH" BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 Degree's.
• Mix dry ingredients.
• Cut in shortening.
• Add egg in the cup of milk and whisk.
• Add to mixture of dry ingredients mixed with shortening.
• Knead into a ball.
• Pull apart and roll pieces the size of a tennis ball in palm of your hand.
• May be rolled out and cut with a circular dough cutter @ desired thickness.
• Melt butter.
• Put either ball or circular cut out dough on cookie sheet.
• Indent top of biscuit and brush melted butter on top.
• Bake for 15 minutes @450.
• Note:.
• Please, watch carefully as every oven is different.

MILE-HIGH FLAKY BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°F. Whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda in a bowl. Cut butter into flour with a pastry blender or two forks until mixture resembles small peas. Stir in buttermilk with a fork until dough begins to form a ball. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured work surface; knead 2 or 3 times, gradually adding additional flour as needed to prevent sticking.
• With floured hands, pat dough into a 1-inch-thick circle. Cut dough into fourths and stack one on top of another. Roll stacked dough into a 1-inch-thick circle. Repeat procedure 3 more times. Use a 2 1/2-inch round cutter to cut biscuits, pressing scraps together once. Place biscuits, slightly touching, on a baking sheet. Chill 15 minutes.
• Bake until golden brown, 18 to 20 minutes.

MILE HIGH BISCUITS

Steps:

• 1. Combine dry ingredients and cut in butter with pastry blender. Combine egg and milk. Add to dry ingredients and stir until well moistened. Knead 10 times. Roll out 1" inch, cut with 2 1/2" cutter. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet until done 12-15 minutes.

MILE HIGH BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425*F.
• Blend dry ingredients together in large bowl.
• Keep butter in refrigerator until required. Slice butter into 4 or 5 thin sections and place over flour mixture. Cut butter in with a pastry cutter, until butter clumps are the size of corn niblets.
• Pour milk into small bowl; add egg and whisk gently until blended.
• Make a hollow in centre of flour/butter mixture and pour in milk/egg. Using a large mixing spoon, quickly blend all ingredients until a rough ball of dough is formed. The secret is to blend well, but not NOT over-work the dough. (I sometimes will just use my hands once I get CLOSE to forming.).
• Pick the ball up in your hands and gently work the dough with 4-5 hand motions to achieve a well-formed ball.
• Place the ball on a lightly floured surface and roll out with a lightly floured rolling pin until about 3/4 to 1 inch thickness.
• Cut biscuits to desired size with a SHARP biscuit cutter. This is another key to a biscuit that will rise nicely with a good shape. Never twist while cutting, but cut straight down in one movement, otherwise you will 'pinch' the dough which interferes with rising.
• Place on un-greased cookie sheet and bake for 11-12 minutes. (Check for doneness at 11 minutes. Biscuits should be light gold.).
• Serve warm - they are yummiest when fresh out of the oven. Allow to cool completely on a rack before storing. These biscuits freeze well and are nice if re-heated gently in the oven (never in the microwave!).
• If you like cheese biscuits, go ahead and add 1/2 cup grated cheese before adding in the milk; chives too! ENJOY.
• NOTE: For a family member who is diabetic but loves biscuits, I modify this recipe to use some soy flour (about 1/3 of the amount) and substitute Splenda for the sugar.

MILE HIGH BISCUITS

Steps:

• Combine dry ingredients in a mixing bowl.
• Cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Add egg and milk;mix until dough forms a ball.
• Turn dough out on a lightly floured surface and knead 10- 12 times, only.
• Roll out to 3/4 inch, cut with floured cutter.
• Place on lightly greased baking sheet.
• Bake at 475 degrees for 12- 15 minutes or until light brown.

MILE HIGH BUTTERY BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
• With a knife or pastry cutter cut in, flour, baking powder, cream of tartar,.
• salt, sugar and margarine. Cut in until it becomes course and crumbly.
• Whip together milk and egg with a fork.
• Mix with the flour mixture until it forms a soft dough.Add flour if the dough is too sticky.
• Important: DO NOT OVER MIX. This will made your biscuit hard if you over mix.
• Roll out dough with a rolling pin to about 11/2 to 2 inch thickness.
• I use an empty small can of peas opened at both ends (to let the air though) to cut out the biscuits.
• Place biscuits on a cookie sheet.
• Place cookie sheet in your preheated oven on the very top rack.
• Bake for 12 to 14 minutes.
• Remove from oven and let stand for 5 minutes.

MILE HIGH BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 500ºF. Spray a 9 in springform or cake pan with some nonstick spray.
• Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar and salt to a bowl and mix the ingredients together evenly. Using a fork or pastry blender, cut in the butter until the pieces are no bigger than a small pea. Fold in the buttermilk until everything is just blended, and there are no streaks of flour remain. Do not overmix, the mixture should still be lumpy.
• Line a plate or tray with some flour and using a 1/4 C measuring cup or 1/4 C ice cream/cookie scoop, scoop out balls of the dough onto the tray of flour. Flour your hands and roll each ball around in the flour to evenly coat them in a layer of flour. The dough is very wet and very sticky. Place the dough balls into the prepared pan. Place 9 balls around in a ring and 3 balls in the center of the pan. Brush the tops of the biscuits with melted butter.
• Bake for 5 minutes at 500ºF (middle rack) and then lower the temperature to 450ºF and bake for another 15 minutes.