Best 6 Angel Biscuits By Heloise Recipes

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Indulge in the heavenly delight of Angel Biscuits, a culinary creation that lives up to its name. These light and fluffy biscuits, crafted with simple ingredients and a touch of love, will transport you to a realm of pure bliss. Our collection of Angel Biscuit recipes offers a variety of options to cater to every taste preference and dietary restriction. From classic Angel Biscuits to gluten-free and vegan variations, you'll find the perfect recipe to satisfy your cravings. Whether you're a seasoned baker or a novice in the kitchen, our step-by-step instructions and helpful tips will guide you towards creating golden-brown, irresistible Angel Biscuits that will steal the show at any brunch or tea party.

Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!

ANGEL BISCUITS



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Angel biscuits are a cross between a regular biscuit and a dinner roll. They're super light and fluffy!

Provided by Food Network Kitchen

Categories     side-dish

Time 1h30m

Yield About 10 angel biscuits

Number Of Ingredients 10

1/4 cup warm water (100 degrees F to 110 degrees F)
1 tablespoon honey
1 1/4-ounce package active dry yeast
2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1 stick cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces, plus melted butter for brushing
3/4 cup buttermilk
Flaky sea salt, for topping

Steps:

  • Stir the warm water and honey in a small bowl until dissolved, then stir in the yeast; set aside until creamy or foamy, about 5 minutes. Meanwhile, whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda and kosher salt in a large bowl.
  • Add the cut-up butter to the flour mixture and work it in with your fingertips until the butter is in pea-size pieces. Make a well in the center and add the yeast mixture and buttermilk. Stir with a wooden spoon or rubber spatula until the flour is completely moistened and the dough looks like a shaggy ball. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let rise at room temperature until the dough is doubled in size, 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
  • Lightly brush the bottom and sides of a 9-inch pie plate or 9- to 10-inch cast-iron skillet with melted butter. Turn out the dough onto a lightly floured surface and briefly knead three or four times until smooth. Pat until 1 inch thick; fold in half like a book and pat to 1 inch thick again. Rotate the dough 90 degrees and repeat folding and patting two more times. Cut out rounds using a 2 1/4-inch biscuit cutter (dip the cutter in flour if the dough is sticky). Gently knead the scraps together once to cut out more biscuits. You should have about 10. Place them close together in the pan. Cover and refrigerate until the biscuits rise and are cold and firm, at least 3 hours or overnight.
  • Preheat the oven to 425˚ F. Brush the tops of the biscuits generously with melted butter. Bake until browned on top and firm in the spots where the biscuits meet, 20 to 25 minutes. Brush again with more melted butter and sprinkle with flaky salt. Let cool in the pan for at least 20 minutes, then slide out.

ANGEL BISCUITS BY HELOISE RECIPE



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Provided by clawson

Number Of Ingredients 8

2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/8 cup sugar
1/2 cup solid shortening
1 package dry yeast
1/4 cup warm water
1 cup buttermilk

Steps:

  • Dissolve yeast in warm water. Mix dry ingredients. Cut in solid shortening. Stir in buttermilk and yeast. Refrigerate or knead slightly and roll out on a floured counter or board and cut with a biscuit cutter or small juice glass. Bake 12 - 15 minutes in a 400 degree oven, on a greased cookie sheet.

ANGEL BISCUITS (HINTS FROM HELOISE'S RECIPE)



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I use this recipe for pizza dough as well, and wil work it a bit more if using for that. they always come out better if frozen or chilled when put in to bake as it gives less chance for lard or shortening to melt = flakier

Provided by Elaine Ball

Categories     Biscuits

Number Of Ingredients 9

2 1/4 tsp active dry yeast
1/4 c water, warm
2 1/2 c flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/8 c sugar
1/2 c lard or shortening
1 c buttermilk

Steps:

  • 1. mix yeast and warm water in separate bowl. do not use water over 110 degs, or it will kill yeast.
  • 2. in large separate bowl, mix together all dry ingredients.
  • 3. cut in lard or shortening until pieces are very small
  • 4. stir in buttermilk and yeast mixture. Either refrigerate dough, or proceed to knead lightly on floured board and roll to 3/4" and cut with a floured biscuit cutter or glass.
  • 5. place in greased pan. Some people like to baste with butter, but as much as I love butter, I don't do this. Let rise for a few minutes.
  • 6. Bake at 400 degs Fahrenheit until light brown, about 12 minutes.
  • 7. Serve with gravy, or buttered with honey or jam, or with a slab of ham or sausage and cheddar cheese...or just enjoy plain..

TRISHA YEARWOOD'S ANGEL BISCUITS



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Provided by Trisha Yearwood

Categories     side-dish

Time 2h5m

Yield 8 to 12 biscuits

Number Of Ingredients 9

5 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon kosher salt
5 tablespoons sugar
1/4 cup warm (90 to 110 degrees F) water
1/2 ounce (2 packages) active dry yeast
1 cup (2 sticks) salted butter, cold, cut into small squares, plus 4 tablespoons, melted
2 cups buttermilk

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
  • In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and 3 tablespoons of the sugar.
  • In a small bowl, combine the warm water with the yeast and the remaining 2 tablespoons sugar; stir until the yeast is dissolved. Let stand until bubbles appear, 2 to 3 minutes.
  • Using your hands, mix the 1 cup cold butter into the flour, breaking the butter into small pebbles, until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Make a well in the center and add the buttermilk and the yeast mixture. Gently fold the flour into the wet ingredients. Keep mixing until a ball starts to form, then gently knead, 12 to 15 times, to create a smooth dough. Cover with a cloth or plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place for approximately 1 hour.
  • Transfer the dough to a lightly floured work surface and press out to 1- to 1 1/2-inches thick. Fold the dough in half, press again to 1- to 1 1/2-inches thick, and then fold again. Cut the dough using a 2- to 3-inch round biscuit cutter, depending personal preference. Brush the bottom of a cast-iron skillet with some of the melted butter. Place the biscuits in the skillet; brush the tops with melted butter.
  • Bake until golden brown, 18 to 22 minutes, depending on size. Brush again with melted butter and serve immediately.

ANGEL BISCUITS



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I first received a sample of these light, wonderful angel biscuits, along with the recipe, from an elderly gentleman friend. I now bake them often as a Saturday-morning treat, served with butter and honey. They're perfect with sausage gravy, too! -Faye Hintz, Springfield, Missouri

Provided by Taste of Home

Time 30m

Yield 2-1/2 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 10

2 packages (1/4 ounce each) active dry yeast
1/4 cup warm water (110° to 115°)
2 cups warm buttermilk (110° to 115°)
5 to 5-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup sugar
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup shortening
Melted butter

Steps:

  • In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Let stand 5 minutes. Stir in warm buttermilk; set aside. , In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Cut in shortening with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in yeast mixture. , Turn onto a lightly floured surface; knead lightly 3-4 times. Roll out to 1/2-in. thickness; cut with a 2-1/2-in. biscuit cutter. Place 2 in. apart on lightly greased baking sheets. Cover with kitchen towels and let rise in a warm place until almost doubled, about 1 hour., Bake at 450° for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown. Lightly brush tops with melted butter. Serve warm.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 150 calories, Fat 7g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 1mg cholesterol, Sodium 244mg sodium, Carbohydrate 19g carbohydrate (3g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 3g protein.

ANGEL BISCUITS



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I remember exactly when I first encountered these celestial biscuits. It was in the early 1970s as I prowled the South in search of great grassroots cooks to feature in a new series I was writing for Family Circle magazine. Through county home demonstration agents, I obtained the names of the local women who'd won prizes at the county and state fairs. I then interviewed two or three of them in each area before choosing my subject. And all, it seemed, couldn't stop talking about "this fantastic new biscuit recipe" that was all the rage-something called Angel Biscuits. The local cookbooks I perused also featured Angel Biscuits, often two or three versions of them in a single volume. Later, when I began researching my American Century Cookbook, I vowed to learn the origin of these feathery biscuits. My friend Jeanne Voltz, for years the Woman's Day food editor, thought that Angel Biscuits descended from an old Alabama recipe called Riz Biscuits, which she remembered from her childhood. Helen Moore, a freelance food columnist living near Charlotte, North Carolina, told me that a home economics professor of hers at Winthrop College in South Carolina had given her the Angel Biscuits recipe back in the 1950s. "I remember her saying, 'I've got a wonderful new biscuit recipe. It's got yeast in it.' " Others I've queried insist that Angel Biscuits were created at one of the fine southern flour millers; some say at White Lily, others at Martha White (and both are old Nashville companies). In addition to the soft flour used to make them, Angel Biscuits owe their airiness to three leavenings: yeast, baking powder, and baking soda. Small wonder they're also called "bride's biscuits." They are virtually foolproof.

Provided by Jean Anderson

Yield Makes about 2 1/2 dozen biscuits

Number Of Ingredients 8

5 cups sifted all-purpose flour (preferably a fine southern flour; see headnote)
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoons salt
1 cup firmly packed vegetable shortening or lard or a half-and-half mixture of the two
2 cups buttermilk
One 1/4- ounce package active dry yeast dissolved in 1/4 cup very warm water (105°to 115°F.)

Steps:

  • 1. Preheat the oven to 400°F.
  • 2. Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, and salt into a large mixing bowl. Using a pastry blender, cut in the shortening until the texture of coarse meal. Add the buttermilk and yeast mixture and toss briskly with a fork just until the mixture forms a soft dough.
  • 3. Turn the dough onto a well-floured surface and with floured hands, knead lightly for about a minute. With a floured rolling pin, roll the dough out until 5/8 inch thick; then, using a well-floured 2 1/2- to 2 3/4-inch cutter, cut into rounds. Place on ungreased baking sheets, spacing about 1 1/2 inches apart. Gather scraps, reroll, and cut as before.
  • 4. Bake in the lower third of the oven for 15 to 18 minutes or until the biscuits are nicely puffed and pale tan on top. Serve at once with plenty of butter.

Tips:

  • For best results, use cold butter and buttermilk. This will help the biscuits to be light and flaky.
  • Don't overwork the dough. Overworking the dough will make the biscuits tough.
  • If you don't have a biscuit cutter, you can use a drinking glass or a cookie cutter to cut out the biscuits.
  • Place the biscuits close together on the baking sheet. This will help them to rise and be fluffy.
  • Bake the biscuits until they are golden brown. This will ensure that they are cooked through.

Conclusion:

Angel biscuits are a delicious and easy-to-make breakfast or snack. They are perfect for any occasion and can be enjoyed by people of all ages. With just a few simple ingredients and a little bit of time, you can create a batch of angel biscuits that will surely disappear quickly. So next time you're looking for a quick and easy treat, give angel biscuits a try. You won't be disappointed!

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