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Re: Why Most of America Is Terrible at Making Biscuits
« Reply #150 on: December 22, 2018, 09:22:42 pm »
I would post one for you, but you have me on ignore so would never see it.  Sausage gravy and biscuits has been our traditional Christmas morning breakfast for longer than I've been alive.

I read this post.  BTW. Never over mix, handle biscuit dough, too much Make's it tough.  Light touch.

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« Reply #151 on: December 22, 2018, 09:26:54 pm »
I read this post.  BTW. Never over mix, handle biscuit dough, too much Make's it tough.  Light touch.

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Then would you like to discuss sausage gravy?

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« Reply #152 on: December 22, 2018, 09:28:06 pm »
  Hard Tac....made with flour, water, salt.  They don't recommend any oil, butter, lard, as it won't last as long. Tend to go rancid.

This is survival food.  Baked twice, holes poked in it like a cracker.  Can be used as as door stop!  Hard as a brick. lol

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« Reply #153 on: December 22, 2018, 09:29:47 pm »
Then would you like to discuss sausage gravy?


Sure.   8888mistltoe

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« Reply #154 on: December 22, 2018, 09:32:44 pm »
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ORANGE GRAVY   

1/4 c. butter
1/4 c. all-purpose flour
2 c. milk
1/2 c. orange juice
1/2 tsp. paprika
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
2/3 c. raisins


Melt butter in a heavy saucepan over low heat; add flour, stirring until smooth. Cook 1 minute, stirring constantly. Gradually add milk and orange juice; cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until thickened and bubbly. Remove from heat, and stir in remaining ingredients. Yield: about 3 cups.


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Re: Why Most of America Is Terrible at Making Biscuits
« Reply #155 on: December 22, 2018, 09:45:22 pm »

    I don't hate you half as much as think I do @LegalAmerican
    Merry Christmas, Sweetheart

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PS: what do you do with @Emjay?

What do you put that on @corbe?

I expect that @Emjay is too busy enjoying Christmas to have time for us.  Where are you, Emjay?

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Re: Why Most of America Is Terrible at Making Biscuits
« Reply #156 on: December 22, 2018, 09:49:25 pm »
What do you put that on @corbe?

I expect that @Emjay is too busy enjoying Christmas to have time for us.  Where are you, Emjay?

   Mexicans of course @Sanguine

   I think @Emjay is the Continental USA for the Holidays and just too ashamed to admit it.

   
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Re: Why Most of America Is Terrible at Making Biscuits
« Reply #157 on: December 22, 2018, 09:52:30 pm »
   Mexicans of course @Sanguine

   I think @Emjay is the Continental USA for the Holidays and just too ashamed to admit it.

 

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« Reply #158 on: December 22, 2018, 09:53:30 pm »

Sure.   8888mistltoe

Oh, where to start.... with the sausage.
We always used Tennessee Pride Mild because we liked that flavor, but use whatever bulk breakfast sausage you like.  This year I bought ground pork and am seasoning it with AC Legg #10.  I use 1 lb of sausage to 2 quarts of milk.

First, brown the sausage well.  You want to keep the fat for making the gravy.  I brown the sausage in the big pot that I'm going to make the gravy in and then pull out the cooked sausage and hold it in a bowl until I'm ready to put it in the gravy.

So, let's say we've browned 1 lb of sausage and are going to use 2 quarts of milk to make gravy.  You want 8 Tbsp of pork fat, if you don't have enough pork fat add enough butter to make up the difference.

Time to make the roux.  Over medium heat, heat your 8 Tbsps fat.  Add 10 Tbsp of all-purpose flour and whisk continuously until smooth.  Add milk a little at a time, whisking continuously.  Once the first bit of milk you add has been whisked in and everything is smooth add more milk and repeat until all the milk is added and it's smooth.  Keep whisking and bring to a boil and allow to boil at least 1 minute to make sure the flour is cooked.  This is the time to taste and adjust the salt and pepper to your liking. 

Turn the heat off and stir the browned sausage in and it's done.


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« Reply #159 on: December 22, 2018, 10:03:05 pm »
What do you put that on @corbe?

I expect that @Emjay is too busy enjoying Christmas to have time for us.  Where are you, Emjay?

I'm not enjoying Christmas @Sanguine because I suffered a bad leg injury and am forbidden to sit at the computer.  I'm supposed to sit in a recliner with my leg elevated or lie in bed with my leg elevated.

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Re: Why Most of America Is Terrible at Making Biscuits
« Reply #160 on: December 22, 2018, 10:05:24 pm »
I'm not enjoying Christmas @Sanguine because I suffered a bad leg injury and am forbidden to sit at the computer.  I'm supposed to sit in a recliner with my leg elevated or lie in bed with my leg elevated.

Y'all will have to solve the worlds' problems without me for a while.

I'm so sorry to hear that!  I hope you have a great Christmas from your recliner.   Take it easy and have some eggnog.

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Re: Why Most of America Is Terrible at Making Biscuits
« Reply #161 on: December 22, 2018, 10:07:59 pm »
I didn't even know they come frozen!
That's right about the refrigerator kind... I can't stand toob dough - Ain't no way to keep it. Still using it though... Till I get a good pizza dough worked out, and I can make flaky biscuits... and croissants... What is life without pigs in a blanket?

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Re: Why Most of America Is Terrible at Making Biscuits
« Reply #162 on: December 22, 2018, 10:09:05 pm »
   Your absence certainly had me baffled @Emjay
   My thoughts and prayers for a rapid recovery fly across the ocean to you.

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Re: Why Most of America Is Terrible at Making Biscuits
« Reply #163 on: December 22, 2018, 10:17:06 pm »
Oh, where to start.... with the sausage.
We always used Tennessee Pride Mild because we liked that flavor, but use whatever bulk breakfast sausage you like.  This year I bought ground pork and am seasoning it with AC Legg #10.  I use 1 lb of sausage to 2 quarts of milk.

First, brown the sausage well.  You want to keep the fat for making the gravy.  I brown the sausage in the big pot that I'm going to make the gravy in and then pull out the cooked sausage and hold it in a bowl until I'm ready to put it in the gravy.

So, let's say we've browned 1 lb of sausage and are going to use 2 quarts of milk to make gravy.  You want 8 Tbsp of pork fat, if you don't have enough pork fat add enough butter to make up the difference.


Time to make the roux.  Over medium heat, heat your 8 Tbsps fat.  Add 10 Tbsp of all-purpose flour and whisk continuously until smooth.  Add milk a little at a time, whisking continuously.  Once the first bit of milk you add has been whisked in and everything is smooth add more milk and repeat until all the milk is added and it's smooth.  Keep whisking and bring to a boil and allow to boil at least 1 minute to make sure the flour is cooked.  This is the time to taste and adjust the salt and pepper to your liking. 

Turn the heat off and stir the browned sausage in and it's done.



Ok, got it. Thanks.  This, you pour over Biscuit?  Mom liked this in her later years.  She has since, passed.  Not born in America. 7777sleigh
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Re: Why Most of America Is Terrible at Making Biscuits
« Reply #164 on: December 22, 2018, 10:26:42 pm »
I’m going to hijack this thread in the name of southern hospitality: Divinity is on the to do list tomorrow. We make it every year and it’s always a big hit, both for those who’ve had it before and those who’ve never heard of it until tasting.

Modified to add: When I add the pecans I pronounce it PUH-kahns. Sue me, bitches.
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« Reply #165 on: December 22, 2018, 10:27:02 pm »


Ok, got it. Thanks.  This, you pour over Biscuit?  Mom liked this in her later years.  She has since, passed.  Not born in America. 7777sleigh

Yep, ladled over a biscuit.

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« Reply #166 on: December 22, 2018, 10:31:47 pm »
I’m going to hijack this thread in the name of southern hospitality: Divinity is on the to do list tomorrow. We make it every year and it’s always a big hit, both for those who’ve had it before and those who’ve never heard of it until tasting.

Modified to add: When I add the pecans I pronounce it PUH-kahns. Sue me, bitches.

Divinity is a little too candy-like for my taste.  We'll be making chocolate chip cookies tomorrow with my son so we have something to leave out for Santa.

PS  It's PICK-ann

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« Reply #167 on: December 22, 2018, 10:35:23 pm »
Divinity is a little too candy-like for my taste.  We'll be making chocolate chip cookies tomorrow with my son so we have something to leave out for Santa.

PS  It's PICK-ann

Not pick-AY-uhn?
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« Reply #168 on: December 22, 2018, 10:46:27 pm »
   I live 12 miles from the largest pe - Kanh in the World I've even urinated on it, you folks don't have a clue.

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« Reply #169 on: December 22, 2018, 10:49:16 pm »
Not pick-AY-uhn?

Granddaddy was from as far south and east in Georgia as you can go without being in Florida or the Atlantic.  They said PICK-ann and I copy him.  My mom and husband say puh-KAHN

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« Reply #170 on: December 22, 2018, 11:58:26 pm »
   I live 12 miles from the largest pe - Kanh in the World I've even urinated on it

Doesn't that make it your property now? I mean, you marked it so, now it is yours. (if you can defend it from intruders)
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« Reply #171 on: December 23, 2018, 09:26:49 am »
Oh, where to start.... with the sausage.
We always used Tennessee Pride Mild because we liked that flavor, but use whatever bulk breakfast sausage you like.  This year I bought ground pork and am seasoning it with AC Legg #10.  I use 1 lb of sausage to 2 quarts of milk.

First, brown the sausage well.  You want to keep the fat for making the gravy.  I brown the sausage in the big pot that I'm going to make the gravy in and then pull out the cooked sausage and hold it in a bowl until I'm ready to put it in the gravy.

So, let's say we've browned 1 lb of sausage and are going to use 2 quarts of milk to make gravy.  You want 8 Tbsp of pork fat, if you don't have enough pork fat add enough butter to make up the difference.

Time to make the roux.  Over medium heat, heat your 8 Tbsps fat.  Add 10 Tbsp of all-purpose flour and whisk continuously until smooth.  Add milk a little at a time, whisking continuously.  Once the first bit of milk you add has been whisked in and everything is smooth add more milk and repeat until all the milk is added and it's smooth.  Keep whisking and bring to a boil and allow to boil at least 1 minute to make sure the flour is cooked.  This is the time to taste and adjust the salt and pepper to your liking. 

Turn the heat off and stir the browned sausage in and it's done.

In TN sausage gravy is a sacred dish.  When hubby and I were dating we visited his mother and her new husband, born, bred and Tennesse country boy to the bone.  He mentioned he liked sausage gravy and I volunteered to make him some.  Hubby nearly had a stroke.  He knew I had been raised a vegetarian, he didn't know I had learned to make sausage gravy for my x.  He thought I was about to blow it. 

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« Reply #172 on: December 23, 2018, 11:29:11 am »
   Your absence certainly had me baffled @Emjay
   My thoughts and prayers for a rapid recovery fly across the ocean to you.

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« Reply #173 on: December 23, 2018, 01:35:54 pm »

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    Merry Christmas, Sweetheart

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What is this sweet gravy...for?   Ham?   

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Re: Why Most of America Is Terrible at Making Biscuits
« Reply #174 on: December 23, 2018, 01:40:03 pm »
   I live 12 miles from the largest pe - Kanh in the World I've even urinated on it, you folks don't have a clue.




Why...why...would you do that?   Ugh.

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« Reply #175 on: December 23, 2018, 04:21:22 pm »
So sorry to hear of your injury, @Emjay . Hope you heal quickly. Eat a biscuit - it couldn't hurt!
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« Reply #176 on: December 23, 2018, 04:56:55 pm »
I suppose this stuff is out of the question?

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« Reply #177 on: December 23, 2018, 06:00:44 pm »
I suppose this stuff is out of the question?



Depends, are you from the north or the south?  If you're from the north it's fine for you.

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« Reply #178 on: December 23, 2018, 06:21:05 pm »
Depends, are you from the north or the south?  If you're from the north it's fine for you.

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« Reply #179 on: December 23, 2018, 07:37:07 pm »
Depends, are you from the north or the south?  If you're from the north it's fine for you.

Ima Yanqui.    :shrug:
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« Reply #180 on: December 23, 2018, 07:40:29 pm »
Ima Yanqui.    :shrug:

I thought you had emigrated and evolved?

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« Reply #181 on: December 23, 2018, 07:53:01 pm »
I thought you had emigrated and evolved?

Those are in my "emergency food supply."  It will take an emergency for me to eat them.  They are tasty with sausage gravy.  Mountain House is actually very good for freeze-dried.  I bought a mess of that stuff because it made for good lunches in the lab, back in the day that's becoming a distant memory.  Nuke a couple cups of water, dump it in the pouch, stir it up and seal the ziplock.  10-15 minutes later I'm fat and happy. 

A bit too much sodium for the Mrs, but even she says the taste of the entrees (lasagna, beef stroganoff, chicken rice) is better than expected.

I like the frozen Grandes, and the pouches of gravy mix don't suck very much.  The caloric content is why I've been steering clear.  I'm about 50 lbs off my maximum weight now (255 down to 205 lbs), and I've been maintaining very well.
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Re: Why Most of America Is Terrible at Making Biscuits
« Reply #183 on: December 23, 2018, 08:39:42 pm »
  Hard Tac....made with flour, water, salt.  They don't recommend any oil, butter, lard, as it won't last as long. Tend to go rancid.

This is survival food.  Baked twice, holes poked in it like a cracker.  Can be used as as door stop!  Hard as a brick. lol

Good God no! Add a touch of baking powder and make bannock instead... Hardtack is what you eat when the beans are gone. And the beans are never gone... And I have a ton of freeze dried now that keeps every bit as long as hardtack would.

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« Reply #184 on: December 23, 2018, 08:42:24 pm »
Have you tried freezing the tube?

It specifically says not to.

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« Reply #185 on: December 23, 2018, 08:45:25 pm »
I'm not enjoying Christmas @Sanguine because I suffered a bad leg injury and am forbidden to sit at the computer.  I'm supposed to sit in a recliner with my leg elevated or lie in bed with my leg elevated.

Y'all will have to solve the worlds' problems without me for a while.

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« Reply #186 on: December 23, 2018, 08:54:20 pm »
Depends, are you from the north or the south?  If you're from the north it's fine for you.

When I was still in the woods, I ate a ton of Mountain House... Still have a butt-ton of it laying around here. Glad of that, because it costs too much anymore.

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« Reply #187 on: December 23, 2018, 09:00:50 pm »
When I was still in the woods, I ate a ton of Mountain House... Still have a butt-ton of it laying around here. Glad of that, because it costs too much anymore.

It's expensive if it's not on sale.  I got a bunch when it was, that shit expires in 2047.  When Mrs. Liberty croaks it's going to save my life.  Plus:  It's cheaper than those MREs I got, and those expired years ago.  Trash.
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« Reply #188 on: December 23, 2018, 09:25:23 pm »
It's expensive if it's not on sale.  I got a bunch when it was, that shit expires in 2047.  When Mrs. Liberty croaks it's going to save my life.  Plus:  It's cheaper than those MREs I got, and those expired years ago.  Trash.

The new MREs are way better eating that the old ones... But they are too heavy and bulky.
I have recently been kinda switching out to Thrive Life bulk freeze dried stuff... And kinda making my own pre-made stuff... working on recipes, but it will wind up way cheaper than MH... Then the Mountain House stuff will become obsolete.

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« Reply #189 on: December 23, 2018, 09:29:45 pm »
It specifically says not to.

Yeah, but have you tried it?
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« Reply #190 on: December 23, 2018, 09:35:27 pm »
Yeah, but have you tried it?

I bet you could open the can, slap each biscuit between two pieces of wax paper and then freeze them that way.

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« Reply #191 on: December 23, 2018, 09:42:14 pm »
Yeah, but have you tried it?

No... heard tell of them freezing in camp, and later the cardboard popping on em when they thaw out. I would surmise the expansion of the dough when freezing damages the cardboard at the seams, where it is already trying to pop.

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« Reply #192 on: December 23, 2018, 09:44:51 pm »
I bet you could open the can, slap each biscuit between two pieces of wax paper and then freeze them that way.

Or make your own and do the same, which would cost pennies on the dollar. I really have to figure yeast out. Dough is such a bugger to learn.

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« Reply #193 on: December 23, 2018, 10:01:25 pm »
Or make your own and do the same, which would cost pennies on the dollar. I really have to figure yeast out. Dough is such a bugger to learn.

I just made the big batch of them, with the recipe I posted, today since I finished experimenting with small batches.  Froze them and packaged them up.

$3.00 - flour
$4.50 - butter
$2.50 - buttermilk
$10 - total

I got 18 biscuits out of that recipe, but I think I rolled it a little thicker than it called for.  So each biscuit is about $0.56.

I think a roll of Grands is about $2.50 for 8 biscuits or about $0.31 per biscuit.


What are you trying to make with yeast?
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Re: Why Most of America Is Terrible at Making Biscuits
« Reply #194 on: December 23, 2018, 10:09:15 pm »
No... heard tell of them freezing in camp, and later the cardboard popping on em when they thaw out. I would surmise the expansion of the dough when freezing damages the cardboard at the seams, where it is already trying to pop.

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I was hoping they'd blow up when freezing.
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Re: Why Most of America Is Terrible at Making Biscuits
« Reply #195 on: December 23, 2018, 10:10:57 pm »

What are you trying to make with yeast?

Everything. Never done it.
Working with a simple oatbread recipe, and ain't got her done. It is good eating, just thick and rather needing to rise more... Cold has somewhat to do with it - I am trying to let it rise over the fridge right now... And in my pantry, there is a high heater vent  that I may have to take advantage of...

I do fine with baking powder... Yeast is a bitch. too finicky... Either I ain't got enough warmth in the first place (adding warm water in the making of the dough), or it is too cold in here to get a productive rise... have tried doubling the wait between risings, nothing seems to work... By the woodstove is too hot.
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Re: Why Most of America Is Terrible at Making Biscuits
« Reply #196 on: December 23, 2018, 10:13:23 pm »
Or make your own and do the same, which would cost pennies on the dollar. I really have to figure yeast out. Dough is such a bugger to learn.

You could try Angel Biscuits. They have a short 8 to 10 minute rise time.

https://www.restlesschipotle.com/angel-biscuits-recipe/

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This angel biscuits recipe is a cross between a flaky biscuit and a yeast roll. These easy yeast biscuits are light, fluffy, and rise super high but they don’t take much time at all. We love them with cream gravy over the top for breakfast. This old fashioned southern recipe is foolproof! Make them once and you’ll know why they’ve been a standard here in the South for decades.

For this recipe you’ll need: all purpose flour (White Lily is best), yeast, baking powder, baking soda, buttermilk, salt, butter, buttermilk, sugar

Anyway, this angel biscuits recipe comes out so light and fluffy that it’s sinful. They only have a 10 minute rising time so there’s not much of a time investment, either. You can even roll them out the night before, cover them, store them in the fridge, and bake in the morning. Or, you can even make the dough, cover it, and put it in the fridge for a couple of days. This is great because you can take out what you need and have fresh biscuits as you want them. If the dough is cold let the biscuits rise for some extra time before baking. 15 to 20 minutes is fine.

So easy.

Be careful not to handle them too much, though. Over-kneading or using too much flour when rolling them out can make angel biscuits tough. You don’t want that.


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Re: Why Most of America Is Terrible at Making Biscuits
« Reply #197 on: December 23, 2018, 10:13:30 pm »
I got 18 biscuits out of that recipe, but I think I rolled it a little thicker than it called for.  So each biscuit is about $0.56.

I think a roll of Grands is about $2.50 for 8 biscuits or about $0.31 per biscuit.


What are you trying to make with yeast?

You must be using a pretty fancy flour.

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Re: Why Most of America Is Terrible at Making Biscuits
« Reply #198 on: December 23, 2018, 10:16:49 pm »
You must be using a pretty fancy flour.

Just King Arthur self- rising.

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Re: Why Most of America Is Terrible at Making Biscuits
« Reply #199 on: December 23, 2018, 10:18:30 pm »
You could try Angel Biscuits. They have a short 8 to 10 minute rise time.

https://www.restlesschipotle.com/angel-biscuits-recipe/

I'd love me some angel biscuits... My SIL is a native TN, and she makes an angel biscuit that is magnificent... Something she does on top of em... kinda a crispy honey top, with some orange zest in it... I dunno what... but they are fantastic!