Friday Quick Biscuits

With the Lenten season fast approaching, I will try to post more of our family's meatless recipes. 

Our family makes biscuits every Friday for lunch. I have made them for years from a recipe that my friend Barb shared with me.  It was originally from Whole Foods for the Whole Family, a La Leche League Cookbook. 

I normally serve these biscuits with tuna salad, cheese slices, honey, jam or butter.  Our family has grown such that I usually double or triple the batch.

2c. flour (any combination of whole wheat, unbleached, oat flour, wheat germ or rolled oats)

1/2 t. salt

2 t. baking powder

1/4-1/2 c. butter ( I use 1/2 c.)

2/3 c. milk

Stir together dry ingredients.  Cut in butter until crumbly.  Add milk until dough forms a ball.  Knead gently 5 to 10 times.  Do not overwork or biscuits will be tough.  Roll or pat out dough on a floured surface.  For flaky biscuits, fold dough into thirds toward the center and roll out again, gently.  Repeat two or three times.  Cut into squares or rounds with a floured glass/biscuit cutter or use a cookie cutter for feast days (heart, shamrock, etc.) Bake on an ungreased cookie sheet at 425 degrees for about 15 minutes. 

Optional ingredients:

1/2 c. sesame seeds

1/2-1 c.  grated cheese

2 T. sugar or molasses

Comments

[Barbara Stein]

I haven't been checking this spot lately, but I'm so happy you've started it again. I'll be checking regularly now!
Barbara

[Barbara Stein]

I tried these tonight with 1/2 cup oatmeal in the flour. Very yummy--especially with blackberry jam. I never thought to add oatmeal in a biscuit dough. I'm glad I did.
Barbara

[Alice Gunther]

Those biscuits sound great.