Basic Biscuit recipe

Basic Biscuit Recipe

2 cups Self-Rising Flour
¼ cup shortening
¾ cup milk

Heat oven to 450 degrees. Cut shortening into flour until particles are like find crumbs. Add milk and stir with a fork only until dough leaves the sides of the bowl. Turn dough out onto lightly floured board or pastry cloth; knead just until smooth. Roll dough out about ½ inch thick and cut with floured cutter. Place lightly greased baking sheet. Bake to 12 minutes. Makes 12-14 2 inch biscuits.

Note: If using plain flour sift 3 teaspoons baking powder and ¾ teaspoon salt with flour.

Old Fashioned Buttermilk Biscuits


Follow Basic Biscuit Recipe, sift ¼ teaspoon soda with flour and use 7/8 cup buttermilk (1 cup less 2 Tablespoons instead of milk.)

Bacon Biscuits

3 strips cooked bacon, crumbled

Follow Basic Biscuit Recipe; except-after cutting in shortening stir in bacon.

Pizza Sticks


1 recipe basic biscuits
½ cup butter or margarine, melted
2/3 cup Parmesan cheese
¾ teaspoon garlic salt
2 teaspoons oregano leaves

Follow Basic Biscuit Recipe; roll dough about ¼ inch thick. With a sharp knife or pizza cutter, cut dough into narrow strips, then into 3 inch sticks. Dip into melted butter and roll in mixture of Parmesan cheese, garlic salt and oregano. Place on lightly greased baking sheet. Bake at 450 degrees for 8-10 minutes. Makes about 3 dozen sticks.

Grandma's Stuff

30 ripe tomatoes 4 hot green peppers 6 sweet peppers 2 medium onions 3 Tbsp salt 1/2 tsp cayenne 4 cups sugar 1 Tbsp whole cloves 1 Tbsp allspice 1/2 tsp celery seed 1 quart vinegar 1cup brown sugar 1Tbsp cinnamon Mix and cook slowly 2-3 hours until glossy. Place in jars and seal. This recipe is from Ronnie's great-great grandmother Georgeann Usrey-Williams who was born between 1840-1850. I have the recipe that Ronnie's mom hand wrote for me. She is 92 now and the card has yellowed dorm age. This "stuff" is great in baked beans, spaghetti sauce, chili or as a side with just about any meat or beans.