Country Ham Biscuits Old Chickahominy House Williamsburg Va Recipes

COUNTRY HAM BISCUITS - OLD CHICKAHOMINY HOUSE, WILLIAMSBURG, VA

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425°F
• Sift flour into a large bowl; mix in butter until the mixture has the consistency of cornmeal. Using a wooden spoon, stir in buttermilk to form a dough. Transfer dough to a floured work surface; knead briefly until smooth.
• Roll dough into a 1/4" thick rectangle. Cut dough into twelve 4"x3" rectangles; transfer to a baking sheet. Bake until golden brown, about 15-20 minutes. Cool slightly.
• To serve, slice biscuits and stuff with ham.

PARTY HAM BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350@. Thaw rolls halfway so that you can flip them out of tray and cut in half horizontally as a whole piece, then put the bottom half back in the tin. Melt the butter and brown sugar on low heat in a saucepan until sugar melts in the butter and is caramel in color. Brush butter/sugar mix on bottom half of rolls, then tear up ham evenly among the 3 tins, put the tops back on and brush with butter/sugar mix. Heat for 15 minutes or until golden brown and cooked through. (If you are serving immediately, otherwise just cook about 10 minutes then wrap in foil and freeze in ziploc bag. If you do that, just pull out whenever you want, thaw and reheat for another 8-10 minutes at 350@) Cut into individual rolls.

CHICKAHOMINY HOUSE SQUARE BISCUITS

Steps:

• *Lardis the shortening used for these biscuits.
• If using another shortening, increase amount to 5-6 tbs.
• Into a large bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• With a knife or pastry blender, cut in lard until mixture is the consistency of cornmeal.
• Handling as little as possible, mix in buttermilk.
• On a floured board, roll or pat out with hands until 1/2" thick.
• Cut into 3" squares.
• Arrange in pan and bake in 425F oven until golden brown, about 15 min.
• Serve hot from oven.
• Makes 12.

COUNTRY HAM BISCUITS

Steps:

• Bake biscuits in a 400 degree oven for 8 to 10 minutes until golden brown.
• Cut ham into pieces to fit size of biscuits.
• Place ham pieces in a skillet and boil in a small amount of water for one minute to allow salt to escape. Pour off water to drain.
• Split biscuit and insert ham pieces.
• Dijon mustard may be spread inside of biscuits - optional feature.
• Enjoy!