Bigmama's Saturday Morning Biscuits

Name: Bigmama's Saturday Morning Biscuits
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 & 1/2 cups self rising flour (I use White Lily); 1/2 stick cold salted butter, diced; 1/2 of a Crisco baking stick (or use 1/2 cup of shortening); 1 cup ice cold buttermilk; 2-3 tablespoons melted butter; Flour for dusting and kneeding

Jada Monet @cook_9696754

Over The Rainbow

Every Saturday Morning the kids would get up early to watch cartoons. Bigmama would be in the kitchen preparing a big country breakfast. The star of the show was always her biscuits. She had several biscuit recipes but this simple one was one of my favorites.

Jada Monet @cook_9696754

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Ingredients

2& 1/2 cups self rising flour (I use White Lily)
1/2 stickcold salted butter, diced
1/2of a Crisco baking stick (or use 1/2 cup of shortening)
1 cupice cold buttermilk
2-3 tablespoonsmelted butter
Flour for dusting and kneeding

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Steps

1

Preheat oven to 400°.
Lightly spray a baking pan with no-stick cooking spray.
2

Place flour in large bowl. With pastry blender or fork, cut (blend) in shortening and butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
3

Make a well (hole) in center of mixture. Add buttermilk, and mix until dough forms. (Dough will be a little sticky) Note: Use gloves if you don't like to touch wet dough).
4

Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Lightly sprinkle flour over top of dough and in your hands.
Knead dough lightly for one minute. (Dust dough lightly with flour if it sticks).
5

Using a lightly floured rolling pin, roll dough out. Fold dough in half & repeat rolling and folding process 4 more times. Dust dough and surface area with flour as needed.
6

Roll dough to 1/2-inch thickness. Cut with a 2 1/2-inch floured round biscuit cutter, reshaping scraps and flouring as needed. (I used a glass)
7

Place biscuits in baking pan (make sure biscuits are touching) and bake at 400° for 20-22 minutes or until lightly browned. Brush tops of biscuits with melted butter.