Pats Biscuits Recipes

EASY BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°. In a large bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add milk; stir just until moistened., Turn onto a lightly floured surface; knead gently 8-10 times. Pat dough to 1/2-in. thickness. Cut with a 2-1/2-in. biscuit cutter., Place 1 in. apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake until golden brown, 10-15 minutes. Serve warm.

EASY HOMEMADE BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• Add the flour, Bisquick, baking powder, sugar, salt, and baking soda to a large mixing bowl. Stir well to combine the dry ingredients thoroughly.
• Add two tablespoons of the butter to the dough and use a spoon to press it into the flour mixture. I find it easiest to smear the butter against the sides of the bowl while working it into the flour. Once the first two tablespoons are completely incorporated, add in the last two tablespoons and repeat the process.
• Pour in the milk and stir with a spoon until just combined. The dough will likely be too wet. Add in more flour, one tablespoon at a time, until the dough is just dry enough to handle. Dough should come away clean from your fingers when you touch it, but stick to your fingers if you pinch it.
• Dump dough onto a well floured work surface. Sprinkle lightly with flour.
• Fold dough over on itself three times.
• Use your hands to pat the dough to 3/4 of an inch high.
• Cut dough out with biscuit cutter and place on baking sheet. Let sit 5 minutes before baking.
• Bake for 10-15 minutes or until tops are just beginning to turn golden. Do not overbake these!

PAT IN THE PAN BUTTERMILK BUTTERED BISCUITS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 450.
• 2. Melt the stick of butter in an 8x8 or 9x9 baking pan.
• 3. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
• 4. Pour in buttermilk and mix lightly until a loose dough forms. The batter will be sticky.
• 5. Pour biscuit dough on top of melted butter in baking dish.
• 6. Using fingers or back of spoon, push dough unto corners and pat out dough until level. Dough will not be smooth and not to worry if some melted butter runs onto top of dough.
• 7. Score dough with a knife into 9 squares. This will help with cutting once done.
• 8. Bake 20 minutes for 9x9 or 25 minutes for 8x8. Rotate dish once during baking. *As ovens vary: your biscuits will be done when golden brown on top and spring back to touch.
• 9. Allow to cool prior to cutting into 9 squares. Top with more butter!

ALL-PURPOSE BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425. Sift flour, baking powder, sugar and salt into a large mixing bowl. Transfer to a food processor. Cut butter into pats and add to flour, then pulse 5 or 6 times until the mixture resembles rough crumbs. (Alternatively, cut butter into flour in the mixing bowl using a fork or a pastry cutter.) Return dough to bowl, add milk and stir with a fork until it forms a rough ball.
• Turn the dough out onto a well-floured surface and pat it down into a rough rectangle, about an inch thick. Fold it over and gently pat it down again. Repeat. Cover the dough loosely with a kitchen towel and allow it to rest for 30 minutes.
• Gently pat out the dough some more, so that the rectangle is roughly 10 inches by 6 inches. Cut dough into biscuits using a floured glass or biscuit cutter. Do not twist cutter when cutting; this crimps the edges of the biscuit and impedes its rise.
• Place biscuits on a cookie sheet and bake until golden brown, approximately 10 to 15 minutes.