Bread Recipes
Bride's Biscuits
Yield: 5 dozen
Ingredients
- 5 cups all-purpose flour
- 5 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup shortening
- 2 cups buttermilk
- 1 envelope dry yeast
- 5 tablespoons warm water
Instructions
- Sift dry ingredients, then cut in shortening. Add buttermilk. Dissolve yeast in warm water and add to mixture. Knead lightly.
- Roll out, cut with biscuit cutter and bake on greased cookie sheet at 450 degrees F for about 10 to 12 minutes.
- Dough may be stored in the refrigerator, pinching off as much as is needed each time, or may be cut and then frozen.
Notes
To freeze and prepare: Cut and freeze these biscuits in foil pans. Place them in a cold oven at night.
Next morning, turn oven to 450 degrees F when the bacon starts frying.