Riz Biscuits Recipes

Steps:

• HEAT oven to 450°F. Spray a cookie sheet lightly with no-stick cooking spray. Place flour in large bowl. Cut in shortening with pastry blender or fork until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add milk; stir with fork until soft dough forms and mixture begins to pull away from sides of bowl. KNEAD dough on lightly floured surface just until smooth. Roll out dough to ½-inch thickness. Cut with floured 2-inch round cutter. Place biscuits with sides touching on prepared cookie sheet. BAKE 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm. VARIATIONS: OLD-FASHIONED BUTTERMILK BISCUITS: Substitute ¾ cup plus 2 tablespoons buttermilk for milk; add ¼ teaspoon baking soda to flour, if desired.

Steps:

• Sprinkle yeast over 1/4 C lukewarm water, DO NOT STIR.
• Let stand 5-10 min, stir until yeast is dissolved.
• Sift dry ingredients together.
• Cut in Shortening.
• Stir in buttermilk and yeast.
• Shape into a ball on a lightly floured board.
• Knead lightly.
• Roll out to 1/4 inch thick.
• Cut with a floured 2 inch biscuit cutter.
• Place half of the rounds on a greased baking sheet.
• Brush with melted butter.
• Place remaining rounds on top
• Brush with melted butter.
• Let rise until doubled in bulk.
• Bake at 425* for 10-12 min or until golden brown.

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.

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.