South Georgia Biscuits Recipes

SOUTHERN BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Using your fingertips, rub butter and shortening into dry ingredients until mixture looks like crumbs. (The faster the better, you don't want the fats to melt.) Make a well in the center and pour in the chilled buttermilk. Stir just until the dough comes together. The dough will be very sticky.
• Turn dough onto floured surface, dust top with flour and gently fold dough over on itself 5 or 6 times. Press into a 1-inch thick round. Cut out biscuits with a 2-inch cutter, being sure to push straight down through the dough. Place biscuits on baking sheet so that they just touch. Reform scrap dough, working it as little as possible and continue cutting. (Biscuits from the second pass will not be quite as light as those from the first, but hey, that's life.)
• Bake until biscuits are tall and light gold on top, 15 to 20 minutes.

OLD FASHIONED BUTTERMILK BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
• Spray a baking sheet or cast iron skillet generously with cooking spray and set aside.
• Sift the flour into a large mixing bowl.
• Make a well in the center of the flour and pour in the buttermilk followed by the oil and the salt.
• Mix all ingredients together just until all the flour is moistened. Do not overmix.
• Turn the dough out onto a very lightly floured surface and knead 4 or 5 times - no more.
• Pinch off portions of dough a little larger than a golf ball.
• Roll the dough into a ball, then press to flatten into a disk.
• Place the biscuits on the prepared baking sheet or skillet with the edges touching.
• Place the baking sheet in the upper third of the oven and bake for approximately 15 minutes. If tops are not quite brown near the end of the cooking time, turn on the broiler briefly to finish browning.
• While the biscuits are cooking, melt the butter over low heat.
• Remove biscuits from the oven and brush with melted butter.