Old-Fashioned Biscuits (Paula Deen) |
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Prep Time: 25 Minutes Cook Time: 20 Minutes |
Ready In: 45 Minutes Servings: 10 |
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Ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting |
1 teaspoon sugar |
1 tablespoon baking powder |
1 teaspoon salt |
8 tablespoons cold lard (or unsalted butter) |
1/2 cup whole milk |
unsalted butter, softened, for the pan and biscuit tops |
Directions:
1. Combine the dry ingredients: Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Mix the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a large bowl with a fork.
2. Cut in the lard: Cut the chilled lard into small cubes and add to the dry ingredients.
3. Use a pastry blender (or two forks) to cut the lard into the flour, pressing and twisting until the lard is in pea-size bits.
4. The mixture is ready when all the lard has been broken down into flour-coated bits and the mixture resembles coarse meal.
5. Add the milk: Make a well in the flour-fat mixture and slowly pour in the milk. Mix with a fork until just combined, then knead gently with your hands until the dough comes together into a sticky ball.
6. Roll out the dough: Turn the dough out onto a floured surface. Knead until smooth and pliable; do not overwork. Roll out into a 1/2-inch-thick round, flouring the rolling pin and dough as needed.
7. Cut out the biscuits: Smear a 10-inch hoe cake pan or cast-iron skillet with softened butter. Cut out 2-to-3-inch biscuits using a clean empty can, the mouth of a glass or a biscuit cutter. Put the biscuits on the pan. Reroll the scraps and cut out more biscuits. Make a fist and mark the top of each biscuit with your knuckles. Dot with softened butter. Bake until golden, 15 to 20 minutes.
8. Photograph by Squire Fox
9. /content/dam/images/food/fullset/2013/3/4/1/FNM_040113-Old-Fashioned-Biscuits-Recipe_s3x4.jpg Try This at Home: How to Make Old-Fashioned Biscuits
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