Praise the Lord, pass the Biscuits

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These biscuits are good baked on their own or baked on top of a hearty stew to make vegetable or chicken pot pie. Served a comforting sausage gravy, a meal like that speaks Southern comfort. A biscuit is a traditional Southern bread, usually made with rendered lard; a time-honored recipe going back many years.  This is a very easy and traditional recipe made with self-rising flour, milk, distilled white vinegar, and rendered lard.  There is a lot of advice out there about baking biscuits, the most important thing is whatever you do, don’t overwork the dough.  The rest is simple and is all about good execution.

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Rendered lard:

Finding rendered lard (that is lard that has not been hydrogenated) can be difficult to find sometimes.  So I cook my own rendered lard using Kidney fat.  As a matter of fact, you will always find a jar or two of rendered lard in my refrigerator. There is and always will be the great fat debate:  rendered lard, butter, or shortening?  I think I will stick with tradition and bake with lard.  There is a reason that so many cooks believe baking with lard gives you the flakiest biscuit or pie crust out there.

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Biscuits:

Biscuits are a staple in the South, for breakfast, lunch, or dinner and make a Southern meal complete. Southerners like to use self rising flour in their fried chicken breading, cornbread biscuits, and in their cakes, pancakes, and cobblers.
Self-rising flour is basically what it sounds like.  It is an all-purpose flour to which baking powder and salt have been added.  The first time I heard of biscuits and gravy was in Kansas City and I thought of biscuits and gravy as the original frontier food that conquered the wild west.

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I love to eat a biscuit fresh out of the oven, still warm with a little butter and jam along with a freshly brewed cup of coffee.  Or serve with a side of sausage gravy for a satisfying traditional  Sunday morning Southern breakfast.

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Praise the Lord, pass the biscuits

Chef Norbert
Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 8 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 8 minutes
Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Servings 24
Calories 122 kcal

Ingredients
  

Dough

  • 3 cups self rising flour
  • 3/4 cup rendered lard
  • 2 1/3 cup whole milk
  • 3 tbsp white distilled vinegar

Instructions
 

Mix the dough

  • In a bowl combine milk and vinegar. Stir together and set aside for 10 minutes.
    2 1/3 cup whole milk, 3 tbsp white distilled vinegar
  • Into a large bowl sift the flour. Use a pastry cutter to cut in the lard until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
    3/4 cup rendered lard
  • Add the milk to the dry ingredients stirring gently with a wooden spoon until it all comes together. Flour the surface of your table then turn out the dough and knead 10-15 times, adding a little flour so it's less st
    2 1/3 cup whole milk

Bake the biscuit

  • Preheat oven to 475 F.
    Roll out dough to 1/2" to 3/4" thick and use a 3" biscuit cutter to cut circles. Place on a baking sheet 1/2" apart and bake for approximately 8 to 10 minutes, or until golden brown on top. Remove from oven and serve.

Nutrition

Serving: 1Biscuit | Calories: 122kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 18mg | Sodium: 61mg | Potassium: 49mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g

Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate

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