Skillet Biscuits

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 cup shortening or 5 tablespoons butter
• 3/4 cup buttermilk

Recipe

• 1 mix together dry ingredients in a large bowl.
• 2 cut in shortening or butter.
• 3 add and lightly mix buttermilk.
• 4 turn dough onto a floured surface and knead gently for 1/2 minute.
• 5 pat the dough to a thickness of 1/4 inch.
• 6 cut with a biscuit cutter (or knife, depending on what shape you like).
• 7 if you want to bake the biscuits, bake 10-12 minutes at 450.
• 8 for skillet biscuits:.
• 9 cook the biscuits on a lightly greased hot skillet/griddle about 1 inch apart.
• 10 use your best judgement as to the heat - i generally use a more moderate flame and brown biscuits 3 to 4 minutes each side, though the original recipe says to brown them for 5-7 minutes each side over high heat.
• 11 as mentioned above - the biscuits will not be light and fluffy like with baked biscuits - so don't wait for them to rise and be puffy. they will be more dense.
• 12 the best approach is to keep an eye on them and turn them when they are browned and dry-looking on one side before turning them over.