Southern Biscuits

Name: Southern Biscuits
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 4 teaspoons baking powder; 0 teaspoons baking soda; 2 Tbsps butter; 237 milliliters chilled buttermilk; 473 milliliters flour; 1 teaspoons salt; 2 Tbsps shortening

Southern Biscuits might be just the side dish you are searching for. One serving contains 125 calories, 3g of protein, and 5g of fat. This recipe serves 12. A mixture of flour, baking soda, salt, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. This recipe is typical of Southern cuisine. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 35 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.

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In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Using your fingertips, rub butter and shortening into dry ingredients until mixture looks like crumbs. (The faster the better, you don't want the fats to melt.)

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Baking Soda

Shortening

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Salt

Dry Seasoning Rub

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Mixing Bowl

Make a well in the center and pour in the chilled buttermilk. Stir just until the dough comes together. The dough will be very sticky.

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Buttermilk

Dough

Turn dough onto floured surface, dust top with flour and gently fold dough over on itself 5 or 6 times. Press into a 1-inch thick round.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Cut out biscuits with a 2-inch cutter, being sure to push straight down through the dough.

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Biscuits

Dough

Place biscuits on baking sheet so that they just touch. Reform scrap dough, working it as little as possible and continue cutting. (Biscuits from the second pass will not be quite as light as those from the first, but hey, that's life.)

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Biscuits

Dough

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Baking Sheet

Bake until biscuits are tall and light gold on top, 15 to 20 minutes.

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Biscuits

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Oven

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Oven

Mixing Bowl

Baking Sheet

Ingredients

Servings:

4teaspoons

baking powder 0teaspoons

baking soda 2Tbsps

butter 237milliliters

chilled buttermilk 473milliliters

flour 1teaspoons

salt 2Tbsps

shortening

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Southern works really well with Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. The Domaine Leseurre Dry Cuvee Classique Riesling with a 4.8 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 23 dollars per bottle.