**Baking Powder Biscuits: A Southern Comfort Food Staple**
Buttermilk biscuits are a staple of Southern cuisine, known for their fluffy, flaky texture and slightly tangy flavor. These baking powder biscuits are a variation on the classic recipe, using baking powder instead of buttermilk for a quicker and easier preparation. With just a few simple ingredients and steps, you can enjoy these delicious biscuits in under an hour. This article provides two recipes for baking powder biscuits: a traditional drop-type biscuit and a rolled-and-cut biscuit. Both recipes yield soft, tender biscuits perfect for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. So gather your ingredients and let's get baking!
BAKING POWDER BISCUITS I
A drop biscuit is great for people with small kitchens. So simple, but oh so good!
Provided by Anne
Categories Bread Quick Bread Recipes Biscuits
Time 45m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Lightly grease a baking sheet.
- In a bowl mix the flour, baking powder, and salt. Cut in the shortening until the mixture has only pea sized lumps. Add milk and mix until dry mixture is absorbed. Drop dough by heaping spoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake for 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven, until golden brown.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 124.2 calories, Carbohydrate 17.1 g, Cholesterol 1.6 mg, Fat 4.9 g, Fiber 0.6 g, Protein 2.8 g, SaturatedFat 1.4 g, Sodium 189.6 mg, Sugar 1 g
EASY DROP BISCUITS
This easy drop biscuit recipe only requires 5 simple ingredients! In under 30 minutes you can have homemade drop biscuits on your table!
Provided by Bettie
Categories Biscuits & Scones
Time 30m
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 450 F (232 C).
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt together. If you want to add any herbs or spices you can add them here.
- Add the pieces of cold butter and cut into the dry ingredients with a pastry cutter or fork until the consistency of coarse meal. If you want to add any cheeses or other add-ins you can stir them in here before adding the milk.
- Add 3/4 cup of the milk and stir just until combined. You can use any milk you like or buttermilk if you want a tangy flavor. If the batter is very dry, add a little more milk until the consistency of a very thick batter. Do not over-mix. The batter will be quite lumpy.
- Drop large mounds (about 1/4 cup each. I use a 2 oz scoop) onto a baking sheet. You can also use a cast iron skille that has been greased with butter.
- Bake at 450 F (232 C) for 18-22 minutes until golden brown
- Brush with melted butter if desired.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 103 calories
DROP BISCUITS
These drop biscuits have a higher ratio of butter and milk to flour than other cut out biscuits, which yield a sticky dough. Once the wet ingredients are pulsed into the dry, we simply scoop drops of dough onto a baking sheet and bake. The result is a coarsely textured, golden biscuit with a tender, buttery crumb.
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Categories side-dish
Time 40m
Yield about 10 drop biscuits
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 400˚ F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Combine the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt in a food processor. Pulse to combine. Pulse in the butter just a few times, until it is in pea-size pieces. Add the milk and pulse just until the dough comes together.
- Scoop 1/4 cupfuls of dough with a cup measure or ice cream scoop onto the baking sheet (about 10 scoops). Brush the tops lightly with milk. Bake until golden, 15 to 20 minutes.
- Mash butter with dill, capers, lemon zest and juice.
- Puree butter with mango chutney and curry powder.
- Puree butter with maple syrup and adobo sauce.
BAKING POWDER BISCUITS (DROP TYPE)
I get this recipe from my Pillsbury Family Cookbook that was published in 1963. It was my mothers, a graduation present I believe, and I refer to it on a regular basis for the classic preparation of many foods.
Provided by CookbookCarrie
Categories Breads
Time 20m
Yield 12 Biscuits
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Sift Flour Salt and Baking Powder into mixing bowl.
- Cut in shortening until the particles are fine.
- Add milk all at once and stir just until dough clings together and flour disappears.
- Drop by spoonfulls into greased muffin cups (2/3 full).
- Bake 450 deg for 12/15 min.
BAKING POWDER BISCUITS
This is my mother's biscuit recipe. They always turn out light and fluffy, the best. I can't tell you how many of these I have made in my lifetime, but I can assure you they are always greeted with enthusiasm and my dinner guests would be disappointed if I didn't have some of these waiting for them, fresh out of the oven.
Provided by MarieRynr
Categories Breads
Time 35m
Yield 36 biscuits
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Sift together flour and baking powder.
- Stir in salt and sugar.
- Cut in the Crisco until the mixture resembles crumbs.
- Stir together eggs and milk.
- Make a well in the dry mixture and stir in the milk mixture with a fork.
- Stir just to moisten, then turn out onto a lightly floured board.
- Knead about 15 times, then pat lightly into a circle, about 1/2-inch thick.
- (The secret to light and fluffy biscuits is to handle the dough as little as possible) With a sharp round cutter, cut out rounds, without twisting the cutter.
- Just give it a sharp tap, then lift straight up (twisting the cutter causes the biscuits to slope over when they are baking) place on a baking sheet.
- Bake at 350°F for 15 to 20 minutes.
- Serve warm.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 114.6, Fat 6.5, SaturatedFat 2.1, Cholesterol 11.8, Sodium 154.5, Carbohydrate 12, Fiber 0.4, Sugar 0.8, Protein 2.1
GRANDMA'S BAKING POWDER BISCUITS
This is my grandmother's biscuit recipe. It is my all-time favorite and has a really good flavor to it. Be sure not to roll out too thin, you want high biscuits! I usually just pat out the dough to the desired thickness, usually 1/2 inch.
Provided by IMACOOKY1
Categories Bread Quick Bread Recipes Biscuits
Time 25m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat an oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
- Sift flour, sugar, baking powder, cream of tartar, and salt into a bowl. Use a pastry cutter to chop vegetable shortening into the flour mixture until it resembles coarse crumbs. Whisk egg and milk together in a separate bowl and slowly add milk mixture to flour mixture, stirring as you pour, until dough is moistened and well-mixed. Drop dough by spoonfuls onto an ungreased baking sheet.
- Bake in the preheated oven until biscuits have risen and are golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 173.3 calories, Carbohydrate 19.1 g, Cholesterol 16.6 mg, Fat 9.4 g, Fiber 0.6 g, Protein 3.1 g, SaturatedFat 2.5 g, Sodium 271.3 mg, Sugar 2.8 g
BAKING POWDER BISCUITS
When I was growing up, mother made these wonderful baking powder biscuits often. Some time ago, I consulted her box of old recipes and was delighted to find this childhood favorite. Now these warm and tender biscuits are a special treat for my family, too. -Catherine Yoder, Bertha, Minnesota
Provided by Taste of Home
Time 25m
Yield 10 biscuits.
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Beat egg and milk; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. , Turn onto a lightly floured surface; roll to 1/2-in. thickness. Cut with a 2-1/2-in. floured biscuit cutter. Place 1 in. apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 450° for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 206 calories, Fat 11g fat (3g saturated fat), Cholesterol 23mg cholesterol, Sodium 253mg sodium, Carbohydrate 22g carbohydrate (4g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 4g protein.
DROP BAKING POWDER BISCUITS
From the New Settlement Cookbook. These are so easy and yummy. Don't overwork the dough or the biscuits get tough. Also make sure they are thick enough. That's what makes them fluffy and soft.
Provided by alvinakatz
Categories Breads
Time 20m
Yield 12 biscuits, 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Sift dry ingredients together.
- Blend the shortening into the flour using fingers or a tool for cutting in butter.
- When uniform crumbly consistency, make a well in the center. Pour all the milk in at once and then stir just until blended. Don't stir any longer or the biscuits will be tough.
- Drop by large spoonfuls onto a greased baking sheet or into greased muffin tins.
- Bake 10-15 minutes at 450 degrees.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 226.4, Fat 7.2, SaturatedFat 2.3, Cholesterol 5.7, Sodium 650.4, Carbohydrate 34.4, Fiber 1.1, Sugar 0.1, Protein 5.6
SIMPLE BAKING POWDER DROP BISCUITS
Make and share this Simple Baking Powder Drop Biscuits recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Manda_Lee
Categories Low Protein
Time 22m
Yield 8-16 depending on size, 4-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 450,.
- Sift dry ingredients into bowl, cut in shortening (or substitute) until it resembles coarse crumbs.
- Make a well; add milk all at once and stir quickly with fork just until dough follows fork around bowl and all ingredients are combined.
- Grease baking sheet, drop dough by rounded tablespoons or teaspoons onto baking sheet.
- Optional: Sprinkle tops of biscuits with parmesan and garlic powder or garlic salt before baking.
- Bake 12-15 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 2093.5, Fat 208.2, SaturatedFat 53, Cholesterol 9.6, Sodium 614.7, Carbohydrate 53.2, Fiber 1.9, Sugar 0.2, Protein 9.3
Tips for Making Perfect Baking Powder Biscuits - Drop Type:
- Use high-quality ingredients: Fresh flour, cold butter, and buttermilk will give you the best results.
- Follow the recipe carefully: Don't skip any steps or ingredients.
- Don't overmix the dough: Overmixing will make the biscuits tough.
- Handle the dough gently: Don't knead or roll it out.
- Drop the biscuits onto a baking sheet: Don't crowd them together.
- Bake the biscuits in a hot oven: This will help them rise quickly and evenly.
- Don't overbake the biscuits: Overbaking will make them dry and crumbly.
- Serve the biscuits warm: Freshly baked biscuits are the best!
Conclusion:
Baking powder biscuits - drop type are a classic Southern comfort food that is easy to make and always a crowd-pleaser. With a few simple ingredients and a little bit of time, you can have a batch of delicious biscuits that are perfect for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Cooking is an art, and baking is a science. Make sure to follow the tips, and conclusion above to attain the best results.
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