Add 2 3 cup of the milk or buttermilk and stir until the mixture holds together and leaves the sides of the bowl adding more milk or buttermilk if needed.
Best biscutts made with selpraising floor and crisco.
Mom s homemade biscuits are made from scratch.
The next time you re tempted to reach for a mix try this recipe instead.
If you don t have any on hand you can make your own.
Combine flour baking powder and salt in large bowl.
Mom s biscuits are always the exact same size and every one of them has the ridges on top from her perfect three finger pat.
The baking powder is what helps to make these biscuits rise.
Mom makes her biscuits entirely by hand no rolling pin no biscuit cutter nothing but her hands.
Preheat the oven to 425.
Serving size 1 biscuit of 12 calories 110 calories from fat 40 total fat 4 5g saturated fat 1g trans fat 0g cholesterol 0mg sodium 240mg total carbohydrate 15g dietary fiber 0g sugars 1g protein 3g.
Cut in shortening with pastry blender or two knives until crumbs are the size of peas.
Work in the butter or shortening just until crumbs are the size of large peas.
You ll wonder why you haven t made your own all along.
Self rising flour this is of course the key ingredient to make these biscuits.
Blend in just enough buttermilk with fork until dough leaves sides of bowl.
Substitution is in the note section of the recipe.
Place the flour in a bowl.
She s always used white lily self rising flour and crisco.
All purpose flour baking powder and salt hence the name.