Regular readers will recall me raving about Kip's wonderful Southern Buttermilk Biscuits in a recent post. This morning I tried my luck at duplicating his biscuits.
Kip will tell you "there is no recipe"! The ingredients are whole buttermilk, self-rising flour, and he uses Crisco, I used real butter. I started with 2 cups of flour, one stick of softened butter, and between 3/4 and a cup of "low fat" buttermilk. Knead the dough with your hands until you get it to the right consistency. Then I formed a ball of dough in my hands and placed it in a pre-heated, buttered cast iron skillet.
I then baked them for about 15 to 20 minutes in a 400 degree oven. (You Australians will have to figure out the celcius version! I'm no good at that one!)
They didn't brown as much as I'd like, but MAN! were they delicious. I probably should have baked them at a higher temperature.
Ah, Mom made these. I'll have to give your recipe a try. We had these with honey or butter. Mmmmmmmmmmm!
ReplyDeleteYes, this is one of those foods that is soooo good, but so high in calories and cholesterol! But, like my cardiologist told me, once in awhile it's okay to have these foods. . . just don't make it an everyday occurence!
ReplyDeleteThey look GOOD !
ReplyDeleteTell me...how much does a 'stick' of butter weigh ????
LOL! A "stick" of butter is 1/4 pound. In the States, you buy a "box" of stick margarine or butter with 4 sticks = one pound. I forget what the metric equivalent of a pound is.
ReplyDeleteThanks..I can convert that!
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