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There’s just something about a favorite recipe passed down through the family. We probably all have a beloved grandmother, aunt, or mother that could draw you from the bed on a Saturday morning with the aroma of homemade biscuits.
FLAKE BISCUITS
Prep Time: 30 – 40 minutes
Servings: 2-3 dozen biscuits
Ingredients:
- 1 packet yeast
- 2 tablespoons warm water
- ¼ cup sugar
- ¾ cup shortening
- 5 cups self-rising flour
- 2 cups buttermilk
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
- Dissolve yeast in warm water.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream sugar and shortening.
- Stir in yeast mixture, flour, and buttermilk.
- Pinch off small pieces of dough and roll into biscuits.
- Place on baking sheet.
- Bake until golden brown or about 15 to 20 minutes.
Note: Dough may be refrigerated for a week or more.
Nutritional Information Per Biscuit (If making 36):
Calories: 112
Calories from Fat: 41
Carbohydrates: 15.3 grams
Sodium: 15 milligrams
Protein: 2.2 grams
BAKING POWDER BISCUITS
Prep Time: 30 – 40 minutes
Servings: 10 – 12 biscuits
Ingredients:
- 2 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1/3 cup shortening
- ½ cup milk
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and sugar.
- Cut shortening into flour mixture with a pastry cutter or fork.
- Add milk.
- Turn dough onto a floured surface and knead 10 times.
- Roll out to ½ inch thickness and cut with floured biscuit cutter or round glass.
- Bake for 10 to 15 minutes at 400 degrees, or until golden brown.
Nutritional Information Per Biscuit (If making 12):
Calories: 136
Calories from Fat: 55
Carbohydrates: 17.8 grams
Sodium: 58 milligrams
Protein: 2.5 grams
BISCUITS
Prep Time: 30 – 40 minutes
Servings: 10 – 12 biscuits
Ingredients:
- 2 cups of self-rising flour, plus extra to add
- ½ cup shortening
- 1 cup of milk
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 500 degrees. If using a cast iron skillet, preheat skillet as well.
- In a large mixing bowl, cut shortening into flour with pastry cutter or fork until it forms lumps that are about the size of peas.
- Add milk and stir in gently.
- Form dough into a ball, adding more flour if necessary to keep it from being too sticky.
- Turn out on floured cloth or surface and pat dough until it is about ½ inch thick.
- Fold the dough in half and pat again until it is about ½ inch thick. DO NOT OVERWORK THE DOUGH.
- Cut with floured biscuit cutter or round glass to make biscuits.
- Place in heated cast iron skillet and bake in a 500 degree oven until golden brown, or 10-12 minutes.
Nutritional Information Per Biscuit (If making 12):
Calories: 171
Calories from Fat: 83
Carbohydrates: 18.9 grams
Sodium: 10 milligrams
Protein: 3.1 grams
Employees and customers of First Security Bank have contributed their favorite recipes to What’s Cookin’ at First Security, a cookbook that benefits Arkansas Foodbank. They are available at any First Security Bank location for $20.
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