Ben’s Mother’s Butter Biscuits
Directions
- 1Preheat your oven to 425 degrees
- 2Add two cups of sifted self rising flour to a bowl and place it in the freezer
- 3Add about a tablespoon of bacon drippings to a cast iron skillet and place it in the oven while it preheats
- 4Grate one stick of frozen butter
- 5Get the bowl of flour out of the freezer and add the grated butter to it
- 6Fork the butter into the flour
- 7Add cold milk a little at a time until the dough starts to form
- 8Flour a clean surface and turn the dough out onto it
- 9Form the dough and fold it 12 times, adding flour if it gets sticky. Be light with your hands to avoid flat biscuits
- 10Place the cutter in the freezer until ready to use
- 11Dip the cutter in the flour and cut out the biscuits
- 12Carefully remove the hot skillet from the oven
- 13Place biscuits in the skillet
- 14Bake at 425 for 15 minutes, then broil until the tops are golden brown
Ingredients
- 2 cups self rising flour
- 1 stick frozen butter
- 1.25 cups milk or buttermilk
- 1 dollop bacon drippings or butter
Equipment
sifterbowlcast iron skilletgraterforkbiscuit cutter