Biscuits~Dolly's
Preheat oven to 450 degrees
Ingredients
2 cups self rising flour
1/3 cup lard or shortening
2/3 cup buttermilk or milk
2 tablespoons melted butter to brush tops when cooked
Instructions for making the Old Fashioned Way
Measure flour into a bowl. (I have a favorite bowl just for biscuits and use King Arthur Flour)
Make a well in center
Place your lard or Shortening into well
Pour your buttermilk into well with the shortening
Take your fingers and gently squish the shortening with the milk to break up and mix.
Gradually take you hand and going around the well mixing in a little flour in at the time. Do this until you have the flour mixed in around the circle building your dough ball as you go. (yes this is a messy job but the best way to do it for sure!)
Add more flour as needed and you probably will need more. Be careful not to overwork your biscuit dough, as this makes for a tough biscuit.
Next do this until you can gently roll small sections of the dough into a circle in your hand. Remember flour your hands and gently roll into circles.
Put your biscuits on your ungreased baking sheet touching for tender pull apart biscuits or 2" apart for crisper biscuits.
Pat/press your floured fingers into the biscuit
Bake 15 to 20 minutes Browning slightly careful not to burn the bottoms.
Brush tops with melted butter if you wish. Cool pan on rack. After a minute or so flip biscuits over
put in bun warmer or cover with tea towel. Serve while warm
Notes**
I hope you make your own biscuits and enjoy this recipe. Of course the grandmothers never measured they just poured scooped and made. My Grandma Cora said, "Your grandaddy expects biscuits three times a day!" She sure did spoil him. Please visit Hibiscus House to see how to make this recipe the fork and cutter way..and the story behind these biscuits
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