It is easy to make homemade biscuits. This is from the archives of my grandmother, Ethel Eynard. Jefferson City, MO. 1966.
Crazy Biscuits
Crazy Biscuits
These biscuits are tasty when made from scratch, these biscuits are so good you will be crazy for them.
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Servings: 8
Calories: 245kcal
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 2/3 cup milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
- Sift dry ingredients into a bowl. Cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add milk and stir until dough follows fork around bowl. Knead slightly.
- Pat out on lightly floured board and cut. Bake on an ungreased cookie sheet at 450 degrees for 10 to 20 minutes, or until brown. To reheat leftover biscuits, wrap in foil and heat in a 300-degree oven for 10 minutes. Open foil half through heating if you want them crisp.
Nutrition
Calories: 245kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 2mg | Sodium: 157mg | Potassium: 293mg | Fiber: 0g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 35IU | Calcium: 114mg | Iron: 1.6mg
Melda
Was the baking power old (out of date)
Lita Watson
What kinds of shortening that you have used to make those biscuits? Can i use oven to reheat them instead of using microwave?
Deb
We enjoyed these biscuits.
stephaniemanley
That’s interesting. I think sometimes its buyer beware on kindle books or other self published books.
cscavalry
For those with the biscuits not rising, the recipe is supposed to say “SELF Rising” Flour with the baking powder already in it. Thats why baking powder is not listed as an ingredient. If you use regular flour, you will need 2 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder and 1/2 a teaspoon of baking soda. If anyone used buttermilk instead of milk, I bet you got quite a surprise with no neutralizing agent!
stephaniemanley
Baking powder is listed at the 4th ingredient. So I am not sure where you would see that it wasn’t listed.
Jopie
My response is the same as Ann’s. They tasted great but did not rise at all, and I followed directions exactly.
Ann Moore
The flavor of these were great… but they were FLAT FLAT FLAT… I’m sure I did something wrong on my end… but not sure what.
stephaniemanley
it could be that your baking powder was not fresh. It does loose its effectiveness over time.
Bambi5999
These turned out great just like my grams biscuits, I did use buttermilk tho (no baking soda)
thanx for sharing your grams recipe. I didn’t know mines she would mix it right in the flour bin 🙂
These even looked pretty!
Bambi5999
These turned out great just like my grams biscuits, I did use buttermilk tho (no baking soda)
thanx for sharing your grams recipe. I didn’t know mines she would mix it right in the flour bin 🙂
These even looked pretty!
stephaniemanley
I am so happy to hear that these turned out well for you.
Anonymous
I’m crazy for these biscuits. Thank you for sharing your Grandmother’s wonderful biscuit recipe. I’ve always been able to make bread like nobody’s business, but my home made biscuits could have been used for hockey pucks. Bisquick to the rescue. This is the FIRST time that a scratch recipe has worked for me. These were flaky, picture perfect and delicious. Thank you…thank you and thank you.
Kat
There is no baking soda in this recipe.
Trsh
I just made these tonite, they looked beautiful but I could taste the salty baking soda flavor in them, I’m going to try, perhaps using less Baking soda next time, but they were flaky and picture perfect.
I am guessing you meant baking powder ~Stephanie
Mizbev
you only use baking soda if you are using buttermilk. Otherwise it is baking powder just as the recipe for the biscuits states.