It’s a rainy morning here. So made me in the mood for baking. So homemade biscuits and why not some sausage gravy!
Biscuits are so easy to make.
The key is cold ingredients!
Dough is sticky so make sure you have extra flour on hand to help work it.
Ingredients-
3 cups of all purpose flour
3 T sugar
1/2 tsp salt
4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp of cream of tartar
3/4 c cold butter cut in small bits
(You can freeze your butter and grate it)
1 egg cold
1 c cold whole milk (you can use buttermilk but will need a tad bit more since it is thicker)
Sift you dry ingredients together. Sometimes I just mix them with a whisk to save time of sifting.
Add your butter and cut in with a pastry blender or two forks. You want small bits the size of peas of butter in your flour mixture.
Then add egg and milk and blend together. Don’t over mix your dough. You don’t want the butter to soften up or melt.
Flour your pastry board or counter and flip out your dough onto it. Work the dough aka knead a bit like 10-12 kneads. Roll or use your hands to press out dough to 1/2 inch to 3/4 inch thickness. Cut out your biscuits with a biscuit cutter. If you don’t have one use the rim of a glass.
Place the cut biscuits into a parchment lined or lightly greased baking sheet. Bake at 450 degrees F for 10-12 minutes.
Remove from oven and brush tops with some melted butter if you like.
So tasty and flakey.
They go perfect with gravy but don’t forget jelly or jam too.
