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Biscuits! (Original Post) Marthe48 Jan 2024 OP
Mmmmm Tesha Jan 2024 #1
Mom made them once a week . Permanut Jan 2024 #2
Wow! MOMFUDSKI Jan 2024 #3
I stir together the dry ingredients Marthe48 Jan 2024 #4
So much easier with a food processor Warpy Jan 2024 #5
I mostly do a small batch once in awhile Marthe48 Jan 2024 #6
It's too bad that many tasty things are unhealthy. Crisco? People still use that artery clogger? nt TeamProg Jan 2024 #7
I use coconut oil Marthe48 Jan 2024 #8
 

MOMFUDSKI

(7,080 posts)
3. Wow!
Tue Jan 9, 2024, 02:31 PM
Jan 2024

Years back Martha had a lady on her show making biscuits. Pour a small bag of self-rising flour into a bowl. Add buttermilk into a well that you make. Then Crisco into that cold buttermilk and pinch with fingers until pea size. Then gather enough flour to make a ball. Roll out and cut and bake. Save flour in frig for next batch. They are good. Check it out.

Marthe48

(19,535 posts)
4. I stir together the dry ingredients
Tue Jan 9, 2024, 02:38 PM
Jan 2024

then add shortening, and mix till mealy. Then add milk and stir just till blended. I melt butter in the pan, and then drop the dough into the butter. Bake at 425 for 16-18 minutes. I've used buttermilk, almond milk, cream, milk or a combination of them.

I got the recipe from an old cookbook I've had forever

Warpy

(113,131 posts)
5. So much easier with a food processor
Tue Jan 9, 2024, 02:39 PM
Jan 2024

Pastry doughs of various descriptions are about all I used mine for., nothing else justified the cleanup.

Love my own shortbread, biscuits, pie crusts. Haven't made any of them since I moved and don't have room for appliances.

Marthe48

(19,535 posts)
6. I mostly do a small batch once in awhile
Tue Jan 9, 2024, 02:47 PM
Jan 2024

I used a cup of flour, and got 8 biscuits. Bowl, fork, pastry blender, pan. I like doing the dough mixing by hand, puts a little of me into the batch

 

TeamProg

(6,630 posts)
7. It's too bad that many tasty things are unhealthy. Crisco? People still use that artery clogger? nt
Tue Jan 9, 2024, 03:10 PM
Jan 2024

Marthe48

(19,535 posts)
8. I use coconut oil
Tue Jan 9, 2024, 03:15 PM
Jan 2024

Not better, I know. I don't think I've made flour biscuits for over 6 months. For the 2 years before that, I made coconut flour biscuits, but I didn't want to use that many eggs.

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