Really Good Biscuits

My mama makes the best homemade biscuits in the world. She throws some ingredients in that bowl and mashes them around. A few seconds later (a slight exaggeration) there’s a pan full of biscuits.

All kidding aside, watching my mother make biscuits by hand is magical. And eating them is divine. Mine, on the other hand, are only really good.

Got a good Southern biscuit recipe? Ok, then. Show me your biscuits. Here are mine.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 Tablespoons raw sugar
• 1/4 cup butter (1 stick) softened at room temperature
• 2 Tablespoons sour cream
• Soy milk: about 1/3 cup
• Flour: enough to cover the kneading board

You’ll also need a butter knife for cutting the biscuits and a rolling pin or tall drinking glass (which can be used as a rolling pin, in a pinch). Be sure to butter and flour your utensils to keep them from sticking to the dough.

Directions:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
• Grease a 9×12 baking pan or cookie sheet
• Mix the dry ingredients together in a large bowl.
• Using a potato masher or your hands, cut, mash, and squish the butter into the mixture, until it’s nice and crumbly
• Stir in the milk and sour cream slowly. You may need all of the milk or even a little more, depending on your altitude. The dough should be only slightly sticky. If it gets too sticky, add a touch more flour. If you have lots of unused flour mixture in the bowl, add milk by the tablespoon until all the mixture has been incorporated.
• When you have a nice ball, transfer the dough to the kneading board.
• Knead the dough for up to 3 minutes, adding a little flour if the ball gets sticky
• Pat the dough ball down into a rectangle.
• Roll to about 1 inch in thickness
• Cut into squares (2-inch or 3-inch)
• Transfer to the baking pan or sheet
• Bake for 10-12 minutes

Let them cool (if you can) and serve with pumpkin butter, apple butter, honey, jam, molasses …

You get the idea.

Note: if you choose not to use the sour cream, add more milk.

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