Whole Grain Biscuits Food

THE BEST WHOLE WHEAT BISCUITS

Steps:

• In a medium sized bowl combine the dry ingredients. Mix well with whisk or fork.
• Cut the ½ stick butter into little pea sized pieces and then mix the pieces into the flour mixture.
• Using a fork or pastry blender, try to mash the butter pieces as you mix it together with the flour until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. It is okay if the outcome just looks like the same pea sized pieces of butter covered with flour.
• Then pour in the milk and mix it all together. Knead the dough with your hands 8 to 10 times (for best results do not over-knead the dough) and then turn out onto a floured surface (like a counter or cutting board).
• Pat it out flat with your hands until the dough is a somewhat even ¾-inch thickness (sprinkle with a little flour if necessary).
• Turn a drinking glass upside down and cut out biscuit rounds. I have also used shaped cookie cutters (like a heart or star) if you have little ones helping you!
• Then place biscuits on an ungreased baking sheet or in a cast iron skillet and bake at 450 degrees for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Enjoy!

WHOLE WHEAT BISCUITS

Steps:

• Combine flours, baking powder and salt in a bowl.
• Cut in margarine with a pastry blender or 2 knives.
• Add milk, mix quickly.
• Turn out onto a floured board.
• Knead 6 to 8 times.
• Roll 1/4 inch thick.
• Cut into 12, 2 inch round biscuits or into wedges or squares.
• Place on a lightly greased baking sheet.
• Bake in a 425°F oven 12 to 15 minutes until lightly browned.
• For herb biscuits, add basil, thyme and parsley to dry ingredients.
• (These make great dumplings).

HONEYED WHOLE-GRAIN DROP BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Whisk together the flours, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Add the butter and work into the flour using your fingers or a pastry cutter until the mixture resembles coarse cornmeal.
• Whisk together the milk, honey and egg white in a small bowl. Add to the dry mixture and stir with a fork until just incorporated.
• Drop 12 mounds onto the prepared baking sheet, leaving about 2 inches between each biscuit. Bake until golden brown, about 20 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet.
• Serve warm with honey on the side.

OAT AND WHOLE-GRAIN BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Put the flour, oats, baking powder, sugar, 1 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper in a food processor; pulse until the oats are finely ground. Add the butter and pulse until the mixture resembles a coarse meal. Pour into a large bowl and form a well in the center. Gently stir in the buttermilk until the dough just comes together.
• Dust a work surface with flour. Turn the dough out onto the floured surface. Flatten the dough into a rectangle about 1 inch thick. Fold the dough in thirds, like a letter. Flatten and repeat from the other direction. Roll or pat out to a generous 3/4-inch thickness. Cut out rounds using a 2- to 3-inch biscuit cutter, rerolling and cutting the scraps. Arrange on the prepared baking sheet, leaving 1 1/2 to 2 inches between the biscuits. Brush the tops with buttermilk.
• Bake the biscuits until risen and light golden, 15 to 18 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.

WHOLE WHEAT BUTTERMILK BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°F Combine 1 3/4 cups flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl; whisk together. Add butter, toss with your fingers to coat with flour, and rapidly pinch and fluff butter into flour with your fingertips to make small flakes. Work quickly to keep butter firm.
• Add buttermilk; stir well with a fork until the dough gathers into one large lump. Drizzle in additional droplets of buttermilk if necessary.
• Scrape dough onto a flat surface sprinkled with remaining 1/4 cup flour. Roll dough to coat with flour, then pat out into a rough rectangle about 1/2-inch-thick and fold it in thirds. Repeat the patting and folding. Pat dough into a thickness of 1 inch. Dip a 2-inch round cutter into flour and stamp out biscuits, coating the cutter with flour before each stamping. Place biscuits, top sides up, on a heavy ungreased baking sheet about 1 inch apart.
• Bake 10 to 12 minutes, until biscuits are golden brown. Makes 12 biscuits.
• Note: These are really good with honey butter. To make honey butter, put approximately equal amounts of honey and soft butter into a small bowl and whip with a fork until smooth.

WHOLE-WHEAT BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
• Whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt in a large mixting bowl.
• Cut in the oil with a fork or pastry blender until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Using a fork, stir in just enough of the milk so that the dry ingredients are moistened and the dough comes together.
• (Too much milk will make the dough sticky; too little will make the biscuits dry.) Gather the dough in a ball and turn it out onto a lightly floured work surface.
• Knead it gently 20 to 25 times.
• Then smooth it into a ball.
• Roll or pat the dough into a 1/2-inch thick round and cut it with a floured 2 1/2-inch biscuit cutter or the rim of a glass.
• Push the center straight down into the dough without twisting it.
• Reroll and recut the scraps of dough.
• Place the biscuits on an ungreased baking sheet about an inch apart for crusty sides or touching for soft sides.
• Bake on the center shelf of the oven for 10 to 12 minutes, or until the bottoms are lightly browned.
• Do not overbake.
• Serve hot or warm.