Italianherbbuttermilkdropbiscuits Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup.
• Combine flour, baking powder, sugar, herbs, garlic and onion powder, and salt in a bowl, cut in butter until the mixture resembles coarse meal.
• Add milk, stir just until moist.
• Drop batter by spoonfuls onto lightly greased baking sheet.
• Bake at 450 degrees for 12 minutes or until golden.
• Remove from sheet immediately, place on a wire rack.
• Store any leftover biscuits in a zip loc plastic bag.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450°F.
• In a mixing bowl, add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, cream of tartar, and salt. Stir the dry ingredients together.
• Make sure you are using cold butter or shortening, and cut into the dry mixture with a pastry blender, fork or knife method. The mixture will have a coarse crumb consistency when you are ready for the next step.
• Pour in the buttermilk, and stir just until everything is blended. Take care not to overmix.
• Drop Biscuit Pan method: If you have a drop biscuit pan, spoon in the dough into each well, filling it pretty full. I used a 7 well cast-iron pan. If you don't have a pan - see the next step.
• Skillet or Griddle method: Mound the dough into about 7 biscuits onto your griddle or in your skillet. (Make sure these are oven-proof!).
• Bake for 15-18 minutes or until golden brown.
• Variations: For parsley biscuits, add 2 tablespoons of chopped fresh parsley. For a garden vegetable biscuit, add 2 tablepoons finely grated carrots, 1 tablespoon of chopped fresh parsley, and 1 tablespoon of finely chopped green onion.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, combine the flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, and pepper.
• Using a pastry cutter or your fingertips, work in the pieces of butter into the flour until; the dough is crumbly and resembles small peas.
• Add the herbs and the buttermilk (a bit at a time), stirring just to blend well.
• Place the dough on a lightly floured surface, and press into and circle about 1/2-inch thick, with your fingers.
• Cut biscuit shapes with a biscuit cutter or a floured glass, placing them on an ungreased baking sheet.
• Gently reshape the dough, and repeat until no more dough is left.
• Brush the tops of the biscuits with a small amount of melted butter and bake in a preheated oven for 18-20 minutes or until golden brown.
• Serve warm, with pats of butter or cheese spread, if desired.
• Note: Biscuits can be made in advance, and rewarmed easily; or left just a few minutes underbaked, frozen, then finished in the oven to thaw and cook nicely till done.