Southern Eggs And Biscuits Food

SOUTHERN BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Using your fingertips, rub butter and shortening into dry ingredients until mixture looks like crumbs. (The faster the better, you don't want the fats to melt.) Make a well in the center and pour in the chilled buttermilk. Stir just until the dough comes together. The dough will be very sticky.
• Turn dough onto floured surface, dust top with flour and gently fold dough over on itself 5 or 6 times. Press into a 1-inch thick round. Cut out biscuits with a 2-inch cutter, being sure to push straight down through the dough. Place biscuits on baking sheet so that they just touch. Reform scrap dough, working it as little as possible and continue cutting. (Biscuits from the second pass will not be quite as light as those from the first, but hey, that's life.)
• Bake until biscuits are tall and light gold on top, 15 to 20 minutes.

EASY TO MAKE LAYERED SOUTHERN BISCUITS

Steps:

• Place the butter in freezer for 10-15 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 450°F.
• In a large bowl, add flour, baking powder, and salt, mix well.
• Using a box grater, grate the hardened butter then add to flour mixture, mixing through. (By grating the butter, this eliminates the cutting the butter into the flour step).
• Add in the buttermilk and stir until the dough is moistened. Fold-out dough onto a lightly floured parchment sheet. Roll or with flour-dusted hands, pat dough out into a rectangle. Cut dough into thirds, then stack the dough to form 3 layers. Roll or pat out again and repeat the same process 2 more times.
• Roll or pat dough out again until about 3/4 inch thick and either cut into rectangles or using a 2 1/2 - 3 inch circle cutter, gently cut out biscuits. DO NOT TWIST cutter, simply press down firmly. ( You can gather scraps and roll out again to cut remaining biscuits, but they will not be as "perfect" as the first batch).
• Place the biscuit dough onto a parchment-lined baking sheet. For soft sides, place biscuits with sides touching, or for crispier edges place 1 - 2 inches apart.
• Bake in the preheated 450°F oven for 10 - 15 minutes, or until golden.
• Best served same days as baked.

BISCUITS AND GRAVY BREAKFAST CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F
• Layer chopped biscuit dough on the bottom of a greased 9 x 13-inch pan.
• Melt butter in a medium-sized skillet pan and add in the onion. Cook onion until translucent, about 3 minutes.
• Add in sausage and continue cooking until sausage is cooked through and no pink remains.
• Drain sausage and sprinkle it over the biscuits
• Whisk together cream, eggs, garlic powder, and oregano then pour over sausage
• Sprinkle shredded cheese on top of the egg mixture.
• Prepare gravy mix according to directions and pour 1 1/2 cups over cheese.
• Bake in the oven for 30 to 40 minutes or until bubbly and biscuits and eggs are cooked through.
• Serve warm.

BISCUITS AND SAUSAGE GRAVY

Steps:

• Cook the sausage in a skillet over medium heat until no longer pink. Drain grease and return sausage to the skillet.
• Sprinkle flour over the sausage and stir so that the sausage soaks it all up.
• Stir the sausage around and cook it for another minute or so, then slowly pour in the milk, stirring constantly.
• Continue to cook the gravy, stirring frequently, until it thickens. (This should take about 10 minutes.)
• Add the seasoned salt and pepper and continue cooking until the gravy reaches your desired thickness.
• Spoon the sausage gravy over warm biscuits and serve immediately!

SOUTHERN BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 230 Degrees C
• COLD butter: cut butter into small, pea-sized pieces and put back in fridge or freezer until needed in the dough
• Combine all dry ingredients in large bowl
• Put COLD butter into mixture
• Add milk and egg and mix JUST until ingredients are combined - DON'T KEEP WORKING IT. The dough will be sticky.
• Generously flour surface and top of dough (so your fingers won't stick) and knead 10-15 times. Add a bit more flour if super sticky
• Pat / roll dough until 3/4 to 1 inch thick and cut with biscuit cutter / glass. (approx 9-12 biscuits)
• Place biscuits on lightly greased / buttered baking sheet (with / without parchment) and bake for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown
• Brush tops with melted butter

SOUTHERN FRIED EGGS OVER BUTTERMILK BISCUITS WITH SAUSAGE GRAVY

Steps:

• Heat 1 tablespoon oil or butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Crack 4 eggs into skillet, and cook, uncovered, until whites are set, about 2 minutes. (If you prefer to cook your yolks further, cover skillet.) Transfer to a plate. Repeat. Arrange 1 or 2 biscuits on each plate. Top with gravy. Place 1 egg on each biscuit. Season with salt, pepper, and hot sauce.