Biscuits and sausage biscuits

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 13:42:23 GMT

Step 1

Sift the flour into a mixing bowl with the baking powder and salt.

Step 2

Using your preferred tool (we use pastry dough blender), blend the butter and dry ingredients into very fine particles.

Step 3

Ass the milk and stir into the dough just enough to make the particles cling together.

Step 4

(It should be very, very soft dough.) Turn out onto a floured board and knead for about a minute.(We usually don't do this, in the spirit of Beard's admonition against handling it too much.)

Step 5

Then either pat or roll out (1/2" - 31" for high, fluffy biscuits or 1/2" for thin, crusty biscuits)

Step 6

Cut in rounds or squares.

Step 7

For crisp biscuits, place far apart on an ungreased cookie sheet; for fluffier biscuits, place close together.

Step 8

Bake in preheated 450 degree oven for about 12-15 minutes and serve piping hot. makes about 12 biscuits.

Step 9

for sausage biscuits like kitty cole used to make: Roll out the dough about 14 inch thick.

Step 10

Spread with any good quality bulk sausage.

Step 11

We, of course, prefer the ones marked HOT and typically use Tennessee Pride.

Step 12

Roll up like a jelly roll

Step 13

Chill or freeze.

Step 14

(We wrap each roll in aluminum foil and freeze.) Defrost an hour ahead

Step 15

Slice into rounds and bake.

Step 16

It cuts best when chilled or even half frozen.

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