Biscuits

Mastering Biscuits

Lab Objective:

You will understand how to make biscuits light, fluffy, and tall.

Lab Goal:

You will make perfect buttermilk biscuits with no more than three attempts.

Expectations:

While you are making your biscuits you will only mix until the dough is formed. Overmixing makes tough biscuits!
When your biscuits are finished you will take a picture of the finished product with you in the picture.
After tasting one of your biscuits you will complete the Lab Reflection and upload your picture to the Google Form.

Is Buttermilk Necessary?

We love biscuits in the Kalyankar household. Each weekend we have Biscuit Day on either Saturday or Sunday morning. I wake up, make biscuits, and watch as my son devours half of them. In our opinion biscuits should be light and flaky and are always best when eaten warm.

Watch the Biscuit Video below to see me make biscuits using two different recipes and a variety of buttermilk substitutes. When you reach the end of the video you will be ready to make biscuits with buttermilk or any of the substitutes suggested.

Substitutions for Buttermilk

(all substitutions listed here are 1:1 substitutions)

Just like you saw in the video if you don't have buttermilk at home you can use substitutes. Before you start making your biscuits you need to choose what you will use. You can choose to use buttermilk or one of the substitutes listed below.

#1 - Sour Milk

Using any type of milk (preferably full fat) will work with this substitution. For each cup of milk add 1 Tablespoon of Vinegar. Stir it together and allow to sit for 10 minutes before using it in the recipe.

#2 - Greek Yogurt

For each cup of buttermilk needed whisk together ¾ cup greek yogurt and ¼ cup milk.

#3 - Sour Cream

For each cup of buttermilk needed whisk together ¾ cup sour cream and ¼ cup milk.

Make your biscuits

Remember to take a pic of your finished biscuits! (You MUST be in the pic)

Recipe

Homemade Buttermilk Biscuits (no mixer)

Helpful Tips & Tricks

Don't have a cool biscuit cutter like this?

It's ok, just use a glass or cup to cut the biscuits.

Ways to Be Creative with Your Biscuits

Add other Flavors

For this sour cream and onion biscuit I used the sour cream substitution for buttermilk and I mixed in chopped scallions.

Cut them in fun shapes with cookie cutters.

I often make hearts for Valentine's Day

Add toppings

Brush some extra buttermilk on top of the unbaked biscuits and sprinkle with bagel seasoning, sea salt, etc.

Reflect on Recipe & Submit a Pic

Now that you have finished your baking and you've tasted your product it is time to complete the Recipe Reflection and submit a pic of your product.

Go to Google Classroom and find the assignment for your lab. Complete the attached Recipe Reflection form and upload your pic (selfie) to the assignment. Make sure you submit it after you upload the pic!

References:

All videos and images are the work of Jill Kalyankar

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