Hey OP
drewga11
Just wondering if you ever found a good recipe? Ever since you posted this, I've been trying different stuff cuz now I want some scratch made biscuits. And *I* have to make them cuz no one else in this house is gonna try...
Anyway, I adjusted the White Lily recipe. I used about 1/2 cup of shortening and cut it with a fork into 2 cups of White Lily flour. Stirred in about 3/4 cup of buttermilk. I had to add a little bit of flour bc it was a touch thin and sticky. Got the dough mixture right and made 10 biscuits out of it. Put them on the baking sheet and preheated the oven to 500 degrees. I did not knead or roll the dough. Just dropped with my fingers.
While the biscuits sit, they dry out just a little on the outside. So you can touch them and they don't stick to your fingers. So I shaped them and made them a little more round and pulled them up a little to make them taller and even across the top.
Baked for 8 minutes flat with a regular non-convection oven. I think I could even take them out at 7 minutes...the bottoms aren't burnt at all.
This is a pretty good biscuit and I'm just an amateur lol. I think real lard would put these over the top. The only other change I'm thinking about is possibly adding a little bit of salt to the mix.
Anyway, I adjusted the White Lily recipe. I used about 1/2 cup of shortening and cut it with a fork into 2 cups of White Lily flour. Stirred in about 3/4 cup of buttermilk. I had to add a little bit of flour bc it was a touch thin and sticky. Got the dough mixture right and made 10 biscuits out of it. Put them on the baking sheet and preheated the oven to 500 degrees. I did not knead or roll the dough. Just dropped with my fingers.
While the biscuits sit, they dry out just a little on the outside. So you can touch them and they don't stick to your fingers. So I shaped them and made them a little more round and pulled them up a little to make them taller and even across the top.
Baked for 8 minutes flat with a regular non-convection oven. I think I could even take them out at 7 minutes...the bottoms aren't burnt at all.
This is a pretty good biscuit and I'm just an amateur lol. I think real lard would put these over the top. The only other change I'm thinking about is possibly adding a little bit of salt to the mix.