recipe 
yields
12 biscuits
1½ tablespoons yeast
½ cup warm water
4½ cups White Lily flour
3 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons baking soda
2 tablespoons salt
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
¼ cup sugar
1 cup shortening
3 cups buttermilk
Ingredients
steps
- In a medium bowl, combine yeast and water and let proof.
- In a mixer with a paddle, combine the dry ingredients.
- Cut in the shortening until mixture is the texture of coarse cornmeal. Add the buttermilk and yeast mixture from step 1, mixing only until combined.
- Place dough in well-oiled tub, cover with plastic, and let rise
- In the morning, roll on a very well-floured table to about ¾ inch thick. Cut with 3-inch ring cutter and place on papered sheet pan. Let rise in proofer until doubled in size and “floppy.”
- Bake at 325 degrees until browned.
Date Published: 05.06.13
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Recipe By
Blackberry Farm in Walland, Tennessee
