That being said making homemade biscuits with self rising flour requires barely any more time and effort and the finished biscuits have that unmistakable scratch baked flavor.
Best biscutts made with selpraising floor and crisco.
Preheat the oven to 425.
Cut in shortening with pastry blender or two knives until crumbs are the size of peas.
Mom makes her biscuits entirely by hand no rolling pin no biscuit cutter nothing but her hands.
Serving size 1 biscuit of 12 calories 110 calories from fat 40 total fat 4 5g saturated fat 1g trans fat 0g cholesterol 0mg sodium 240mg total carbohydrate 15g dietary fiber 0g sugars 1g protein 3g.
The next time you re tempted to reach for a mix try this recipe instead.
Add 2 3 cup of the milk or buttermilk and stir until the mixture holds together and leaves the sides of the bowl adding more milk or buttermilk if needed.
Self rising flour this is of course the key ingredient to make these biscuits.
All purpose flour baking powder and salt hence the name.
Place the flour in a bowl.
Mom s homemade biscuits are made from scratch.
You ll wonder why you haven t made your own all along.
Blend in just enough buttermilk with fork until dough leaves sides of bowl.
Vitamin a 0 vitamin c 0 calcium 6 iron 4.
Work in the butter or shortening just until crumbs are the size of large peas.
She s always used white lily self rising flour and crisco.
Heat oven to 475 f.
The baking powder is what helps to make these biscuits rise.
If you don t have any on hand you can make your own.