Basicteabiscuits Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet.
• Combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Cut shortening in until mixture has a fine crumb texture. Stir in milk with a fork to make a soft dough. Knead 8 to 10 times, and then roll out to a thickness of at least 1/2 inch. Cut into rounds with a cookie or biscuit cutter. Place on cookie sheet, and allow to rest for a few minutes.
• Bake for 12 to 15 minutes. Serve warm.

Steps:

• Mix dry ingredients, cut in margarine until crumbly.
• Add 1/2 cup of milk then mix, add the last 1/4 as needed. Dough should be wet, but not sticky.
• Roll into roughly 5cm (2 inch) balls. Flatten slightly and stack them 2 high.
• Oven 425, cook 10-12 min or until slightly golden.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
• Combine dry ingredients.
• Cut in shortening with two knives or a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse cornmeal.
• Make a well in the centre and add liquid all at once. Stir vigorously until dough comes freely from the sides of the bowl.
• Turn dough onto a lightly floured board and roll or pat to 1/2-inch thick.
• Cut out 2-inch biscuits with a floured water glass or biscuit cutter.
• Place on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, until tops are golden brown.
• Serve immediately with butter, jam or honey.
• Variations: Cheese Tea Biscuits Use only 3/4 tsp salt and 1/4 cup shortening.
• Add 3/4 cup shredded cheese (yellow or marble) to dry ingredients.
• Buttermilk Tea Biscuits Use only 2 tsp baking powder Add 1/2 tsp baking soda Replace milk with 1 cup buttermilk or sour milk.
• Raisin or Nut Tea Biscuits Add to dry ingredients 1/4 cup sugar; and 3/4 cup seedless raisins or chopped nuts Use only 7/8 cup milk Whole Wheat Tea Biscuits Replace 1 cup of white flour with 1 cup whole wheat flour.

Steps:

• Put first 5 ingredients in bowl.
• Stir thoroughly.
• Cut in butter until crumbly.
• Pour in milk.
• Stir quickly to combine.
• Dough should be soft.
• Turn out on lightly floured surface.
• Knead gently 8-10 times.
• Roll or pat 1/2 to 3/4 inch thick or half the thickness you want the baked product to be.
• Cut with small round cookie cutter.
• Place on greased cookie sheet close together for soft sides or apart for crisp sides.
• Bake in 450 degrees oven for 12 to 15 minutes.
• Brushing biscuits with milk before baking will produce a pretty brown top.
• Makes 10.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Cut in shortening with a knife or pastry blender until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir Cheddar cheese and chives into flour mixture; gradually stir in milk to form a soft dough.
• Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and with floured hands, knead until smooth, about 15 times. Roll dough out to a 1-inch thickness with a floured rolling pin. Cut biscuits with a 2 1/2-inch round cookie cutter; place onto an ungreased baking sheet. Press dough trimmings together, roll out again, and cut remaining dough into rounds.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 15 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°. In a large bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add milk; stir just until moistened., Turn onto a lightly floured surface; knead gently 8-10 times. Pat dough to 1/2-in. thickness. Cut with a 2-1/2-in. biscuit cutter., Place 1 in. apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake until golden brown, 10-15 minutes. Serve warm.

Steps:

• Combine and mix ingredients together. Pour out on floured waxed paper. Pat the dough out with your hands until dough is not sticky (add a little flour if necessary). Fold double. Cut biscuits with a biscuit cutter.
• Bake on a cookie sheet at 425 degrees F (220 degrees C) for 20-25 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. In a large bowl, thoroughly combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Use a pastry cutter or a fork to quickly work the butter into the dry ingredients until the mixture resembles coarse meal.
• Add 1/2 cup of the milk and stir with a fork just to combine. Work quickly, stirring as little as possible, until a soft, shaggy dough forms. Add more milk, a tablespoon at a time, if the dough seems too dry.
• Gather the dough into a ball and roll or pat the dough out to a 1/2-inch-thick circle on a lightly floured work surface. Using a 2-inch biscuit cutter or glass, cut out as many biscuits as possible. Place them an inch apart on ungreased baking sheets and bake until golden brown, about 10 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• In a large mixing bowl sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Cut in shortening with fork or pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Pour milk into flour mixture while stirring with a fork. Mix in milk until dough is soft, moist and pulls away from the side of the bowl.
• Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and toss with flour until no longer sticky. Roll dough out into a 1/2 inch thick sheet and cut with a floured biscuit or cookie cutter. Press together unused dough and repeat rolling and cutting procedure.
• Place biscuits on ungreased baking sheets and bake in preheated oven until golden brown, about 10 minutes.

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. Cut in shortening until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Combine the egg, milk and honey; stir into flour mixture just until combined. Turn onto a floured surface; knead 8-10 times. Roll out to 1/2-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 2-1/2-in. biscuit cutter. Place 1 in. apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 425° for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm.

Steps:

• Mix together flour, baking powder and salt.
• Cut in shortening with 2 knives or a pastry blender, until mixture is the consistency of coarse cornmeal.
• Make a well in the centre of these ingredients, add liquid slowly.
• When all the liquid has been added, stir dough rather vigoroursly until it comes freely from the side of the bowl.
• Turn dough onto lightly floured board and knead lightly for a few minutes.
• Roll or pat out to desired thickness, about 1/2 inch.
• Cut dough with 2 inch floured biscuit cutter, or floured open end of glass, place on ungreased baking sheet.
• Bake in a hot oven 450 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degress.
• Mix the flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
• Using a fork, add the softened butter till the mixture resembles course crumbs.
• Stir in the milk.
• Knead on a floured surface untill dough no longer sticks to your hands.
• Roll out until about 1/2 an inch thick.
• Use a floured glass or cookie cutter, cut dough into circles about 1 1/2 inches wide.
• Bake for 10 minutes or untill golden on the edges.