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I saw an old lady from Mississippi on YouTube make biscuits with only two ingredients. Equal parts Self rising flour, and heavy whipping creme.
Then use a biscuit cutter, no cup rim as the pressure in the cup will squeeze all of the air out of the dough if you do, then they wont rise properly.
so either buy heavy whipping cream or use cold shortening and a pastry cutter.
When rioting next in Asheville, stop in at one of the Biscuit Head locations before buring it down.
use a biscuit cutter but straight down and straight up....NO TWISTING or they wont rise as well. Then make a sausage and egg biscuit for breakfast.
I'll give you guys a good rant on the glorious uses of Potato Starch the best kept culinary secret.
What do you mean by equal parts flour and cream? 1 cup flour 1 cup cream?
I have tried for years upon years, to make a suitable biscuit in South Florida climate. The low altitude, humidity and possibly the flour selection available, the biscuits always turned out hard on the outside and chewy on the inside. Very minimal rising, nothing that could be considered flaky.
One of the biggest obstacles is pearling the flour and solid fat(lard, butter, or shortening) and working it into the flour, without it melting and the fats separating. That pretty much ruins the texture and rising properties of your biscuit.
I saw an old lady from Mississippi on YouTube make biscuits with only two ingredients. Equal parts Self rising flour, and heavy whipping creme. That's right, I thought it was ingenious as well. It's perfect, it's milk fat and solids already in a liquid form, so just by merely pouring it in, and giving it a quick mix, the flour is already pearlized. No need to over work it, still might be a little tacky. Dump on mixing board on a dusting of flour. put about a table spoon of flour then on top, then give it all a couple folds, about three max. Pat it flat about 3/8 to 1/2 inch thick. Then use a biscuit cutter, no cup rim as the pressure in the cup will squeeze all of the air out of the dough if you do, then they wont rise properly.
If any of you get a hankering for some genuine biscuits, and loathe the can biscuits, especially at these prices these days. Then give this very simple recipe a try.
Just made a batch, they remind of Kentucky fried Chicken Biscuits back when they served food.