These biscuits are a family tradition for as long as I can remember. I believe the recipe is from an old Relief Society cookbook. They were an integral part of Saturday morning breakfasts growing up – best served with soft butter and homemade jam, alongside some bacon and eggs.
2 cups flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 tablespoon sugar
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ cup butter, softened
¾ cup milk
1 egg
Preheat oven to 450 degrees and spray pie tin or 8×8 baking dish with cooking spray. Combine dry ingredients and butter. Whisk milk and eggs, add to dry mixture. Knead with mixer two minutes. Roll onto floured surface to ½” – ¾” thickness. Cut with floured glass or cookie cutter, pat off extra flour by tossing each biscuit from hand to hand gently, and place in baking dish. Bake for 15 minutes or until lightly golden brown on top.
Enjoy!
I just decided to look at this entry again and noticed a major fat-finger typo in the text. It’s “2 cups of flour”, not “12 cups”. The pdf file is correct. I hope no one tried the incorrect version with 12 cups of flour – I’m sure if you did, you quickly realized I must have done the entry when I was lacking sleep, and checked the pdf to make sure.
If anyone tries these, please let me know what you think. There are so many good recipes out there – I like to hear about variations people try.
By: nativecho on May 23, 2009
at 7:18 pm