If it falls, sprinkle in a little more flour until you get it right. You’ll want your spatula to be able to stay standing upright in your dough when you jiggle your bowl back and fourth. Now stir that baby up and give it the rubber spatula test. So add your three little dollops of mayo… Think about the size of a ping-pong ball in volume.
#Butter your biscuit how to
The best way I know how to describe a dollop is a heaping soup spoon full. (Side Note: Nanny did not add mayonnaise to her biscuits because she is allergic to eggs so if you want to skip it, adjust your flour accordingly.) The dough is comprised of four simple ingredients: self-rising flour, oil, milk, and a key ingredient to getting that moisture mayonnaise. They require no rolling pin or biscuit cutter although they will leave your hands a little messy. These biscuits really are a snap to make. “I’m a biscuit connoisseur now”, he said, “and I’ve found the perfect one”. I still remember laughing so hard when the man that never cooks, brought me a piping hot buttery biscuit to try in bed at about 6:30 in the morning. To him, it’s one that’s crusty on the outside, but soft and moist on the inside. He went on a baking spree one weekend and sought to create the most perfect biscuit. Thanks to my dad, we finally have a written recipe of Nanny’s biscuits. In her raspy southern-draw high pitched voice, I can remember all the times she said, “Baby, I don’t know, you just add your flour, milk and oil together till it looks right”. There’s just one problem with the way my Nanny cooks, she never uses recipes. The first time Dad brought Mom over to his parents’ house for supper, Pawpaw (grandpa) asked Mom, “So, do ya know how to make biscuits?” She said, “No sir.” My Pawpaw, known for having a rough around the edges type of humor then exclaimed, “BOY! What are you thinkin’, bringin’ home a girl that don’t know how to make no biscuits!?” My mom made it her mission from that moment on that she was going to have to learn how Nanny made her biscuits! Naturally, my dad became a biscuit fanatic.
She has a knack for taking very simple and sometimes very little ingredients and turning them into a feast! Biscuits, cornbread, and hoe cake were the main types of breads you would find served on her table. This style and method of making hand-rolled biscuits comes from Nanny, my father’s mother. I’ll give you a little background on biscuit making in my family. No matter how you eat them, they are pretty irresistible. My husband loves to load his with jelly or jams. My mom and brother have always loved to drizzle warm cane syrup over theirs. But others insist on adding some sweet to it too. I usually prefer mine with just good ole’ salted butter as does my dad. I mean really, can life be any better than that? In the South, a biscuit is an accompaniment to any and all meals, not just breakfast. Fresh, hot, just out of the oven, buttered biscuits.
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