Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Yeast Biscuits

Book
I found a wonderful book at the library recently. It's called Back To The Table~The Reunion of Food and Family by Art Smith and is filled with lots of delicious recipes.

Biscuits
The first recipe I tried was Fluffy Yeast Rolls and everyone loved them.

Biscuits

Fluffy Yeast Biscuits
Makes about 2 dozen biscuits

You can refrigerate the dough overnight so you can have a big plate of biscuits ready for breakfast in no time.

Two 1/4-ounce packages active dry yeast

1/4 cup warm (105 to 115F) water

4 cups self-rising flour
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda

4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter, chilled, cut into thin slices

1/4 cup shortening, chilled, cut up (I used butter)
1 1/2 cups buttermilk, as needed


Sprinkle yeast over the warm water in a small bowl and let stand for 5 minutes. Stir to dissolve yeast.

Sift the flour, sugar, and baking soda in a large bowl. Add the butter and shortening. Using a pastry blender or 2 knives, cut the butter and shortening into the flour until the mixture looks crumbly with a few pea-sized pieces of fat.


Make a well in the center, and add the yeast mixture. Stir in enough of the buttermilk to make a moist, shaggy dough. Knead in the bowl a few times, just until the dough comes together.


Transfer the dough to a medium bowl (no need to oil the bowl). Cover tightly with plastic wrap. Let stand at room temperature until the dough doubles in volume, about 45 minutes. (The dough can be made up to 1 day ahead, covered tightly with plastic wrap, and refrigerated.)


Position racks in the center and top third of the oven and preheat to 400F.


Pat down the dough. Transfer to a lightly floured work surface. Pat or roll out the dough until 1/2-inch thick. Using a 2 1/2-inch biscuit cutter, cut out the biscuits and place them 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheets. Gather up the scraps, knead together, and roll and cut out more biscuits until all of the dough is used.


Bake, switching the positions of the sheets from top to bottom and front to back halfway through baking, until the biscuits are golden brown, about 20 minutes*. Serve hot.


*Keep a close eye on your biscuits while baking. Mine were finished and very golden at 10 minutes.

Table
The biscuits were perfect for our Labor Day dinner, along with corn on the cob and Mrs. H's Oven Baked Country Ribs.

The book is also filled with beautiful pictures and quotes.

Biscuits

Let us give thanks for nature's abundance at this table this evening and for the work of loving hands.

Book

The table is a familiar, uncomplicated, and friendly place where we can celebrate family, friends, food, and life's many blessings.

Book

The table has always served as a symbol of congregation, the place where we celebrate our loved ones through the generations-old tradition of sharing a meal.

Book
Daily we must unite with the human family around the world by counting our blessings over the table. These opening remarks start the celebration of the meal and of life, and express our love.

51 comments:

Shawnee said...

The biscuits look yummy, Kelli. Thank you for sharing this wonderful recipe with us. :)

dot said...

Strange comment above!
The biscuits sound really good..maybe like angel biscuits.

Anonymous said...

Oh how lovely, thank you for sharing. Your pics are always so beautiful and inspiring. I must look out for this book, it looks wonderful!

love, Tina :)

Lois Christensen said...

I agree about the strange comment from Oswald...whatever!
The biscuits look yummy and very easy to make. I also make a dressing that I keep in an old jar in the refrig. It's my favorite. Nice pictures again as usual! Have a great day!

Arlene G said...

Kelli, love the book...I will have to look for it. Your biscuits look yummy!

Jen said...

I make a POINT to eat at the table every sinlge night even when we have 40 billion things going on. i will make sure we are all here....now there is that one night we eat 2 on 2...and that is fine also...because we are at church in shifts...lol. Love this book I will have to check it out.

Mrs. H. said...

What a wonderful book. I'm hopping over to my library website to check the card catalog right now. :-) The biscuits and your Labor Day meal look just lovely. Thanks for sharing the recipe an the quotes! Great minds do think alike. ;-)

Michelle said...

Those biscuits look really delicious, Kelli, and so did everything else at your beautiful Labor Day meal!

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

Mrs. M. said...

I checked this book out from the library some years ago...I had forgotten how good of a cookbook it is. I'll have to go look for it again! Thanks, Mrs. M

Laurie said...

MMMM ~ these look delicious. I love any kind of bread, roll or biscuit!!

Rachel said...

oh they look very yummy! I cant wait to try them :)

Anonymous said...

That looks like a wonderful book. Thanks for sharing the Biscuit recipe, they do look yummy.
:)
Judy

Anonymous said...

Hi Kelli! I was thinking that you should publish your own book on homemakinng. Your pictures are beautiful, your style is simple but elegant. your reicpes are delicious, your style of writing is nice, your card making and other tutorials are done so everyone can understand "how to", etc, etc, etc. I would buy a book done by you. :-)

Thanks for sharing. Debbi faustx2@yahoo.com

Anonymous said...

Kelli is there any way I could get the recipe for the pickles in this picture? Thanks Cheryl

Simply Heart And Home said...

My mouth is watering for those biscuits! I can hardly wait to try them! Thank you for sharing your recipe!

Nancy M. said...

Kelli,
I have taken this book out from our library as well and love it! Thank you for sharing such beautiful pictues of your table and such!
PS I went to our local Dollar Store ( didnt find those pretty candles but some similar. thank you!

Lynn said...

I have a recipe for biscuits like that. It is a Martha Stewart recipe and I love it. I make them the night before. Your pictures are great. I will have to see if my library has that book. Thanks.

Michelle said...

There is a banana chocolate chip cake that is outstanding from this book! I am gluten free now but am trying to come up with a way to make a cake that tastes this good!

A Hint of Home said...

Looks like you had a wonderful Labor Day meal.
It's so good to be with family and friends around the table.
Thanks for the recipe.

Edi said...

Your yeast biscuits are very similar to something I just started making this year - we call them Angel Biscuits. Got the recipe from my MIL and they are absolutely WONDERFUL. Kids love them too!! The other day I made a batch of 30 and I wondered how many we could eat if we just had a meal of angel biscuits! I love how light and fluffy they are and that you can keep the dough in the fridge for a few days - convenient make ahead for company days.

Wendi said...

I just added this book to my library wish list. Thanks for sharing!

A happy heart at home said...

The photo of your dinner plate looks sooo good! Are those refrigerator pickles? Have you posted the recipe? I enjoy your blog. Thanks for commenting on mine.

~Susan

Lora @ my blessed life said...

Mmmmm...biscuits!! And make-ahead!! Gotta try these--thanks for sharing!

Jenn said...

Oh wow, Kelli:
YUM YUM YUM!!! Not only do the biscuits look wonderful but so does everything else. What a blessing to your family. ;-)

Katy said...

Those look delicious!!! Thank you for the recipe!!! I definitely plan on trying it!!! :)
xoxo

GranthamLynn said...

What a yummy looking table! I have a similar biscuit recipe from a
Cowboy cookbook. I love it. You've reminded me of it think I'll do them Sun. for a family birthday meal!
Thanks and Have a Blessed Day,
Sherry

Lindsay-ann said...

Those yeast biscuits look delicious and your table setting looks fabulous.
Lindsay

Elizabeth said...

I thank you for the wonderful recipe! Actually, though, I'm visiting to find out if you are anywhere near the path of Hurricane Ike. I understand that it's headed toward Texas and I thought that you said that is where you're living.

Are you affected by this?
Blessings,
Elizabeth

Sandra said...

The biscuits look so good Kelli.

Hugs,
Sandra

Anonymous said...

Beautiful post.

Heather Anne said...

Mmmm! These look like they ill be a hit in our home too! Thanks so much for discovering another 'keeper' recipe! I love trying new things. Your such dear to share your time and great creativity with us!

Terri said...

THanks for sharing the recipe, Kelli. They look delicious and I'll have to look for that book.

Carrie said...

I am ready for two or three of those biscuits right now...topped with butter and honey.

Danielle said...

Those biscuits do just look so yummy to the tummy, all buttery and flakey. Oh I could just bite into one right now *sigh* ;)

Gathering around the table is the best, and I think it's one of the best places to look around and count your blessings :)

Julie said...

I love biscuits--even the kind that come in the can at the store. This recipe will be added to my recipe box--delicious!! julie

Paula said...

Mmmmmm! May I come for supper? :)

Jen said...

You do such neat things for people. And such nice care packages too. I have a question. I have a friend who moved away. Her birthday is in October. She reads my blog so there for I cannot put this on it. I wanted to send her a little something...I dont do well with homemade....but not more than $10..because I will be shipping it. What would you suggest. I know you dont know her....but I can tell you they moved 2000 miles away and they know no one....I just want to give her a little piece of happiness that day....any idea?

Jen said...

PS my email is jrg301@yahoo.com....please email me on a personal note so she doesnt see it on my blog.

cherry said...

I wish I had some of those right now with some butter. Yummy. I love your fall centerpiece...simple and elegant. cherry

Anonymous said...

Delicious looking biscuits and your dinner looks yummy! I'll have to look for that book at the library. We eat at our table every night except on Fridays when we have Family Movie Night and I make finger foods and we eat while watching a film.

Manuela

Mimi Sue said...

I love cookbooks of any kind and this one looks fabulous. Mimi

threesidesofcrazy said...

Isn't this just the most wonderful book?

Anne Fannie said...

Hello Kelli, the biscuits look so yummy, thanks for the recipe, I am going to try it!
Love, Ann

Elizabeth said...

I am relieved to hear that you are up north, instead of by the coast...That hurricane looks like it might be a bad one.

Aren't rainy days cozy?

Blessings,
Elizabeth

Farrah said...

Mmmmm! I'm getting hungry!

Britta said...

Yummy Kelli, this all looks so delicious...I would love to take a bite right away. ;o)

Have a wonderfuld day, hugs Britta

Kathi said...

Beautiful post Kelli. I'll have to look for that book. Your dressing, rolls and pickles look so wonderful. Kathi I hope you are safe. I hear the hurricane is coming towards Texas.

cryssi said...

Yum..makes me want to go make some..The book looks very interesting.

Lena said...

I checked this book out at the library and really enjoyed it. I thought the recipes were good, but mostly, I enjoyed the idea behind the book. It's a lovely one.

Mrs. U said...

Hi Kelli!!
The biscuits DO look yummy, just like everyone has mentioned!! :)

I do wonder though... were you worried about using self-rising flour, baking soda AND yeast in a recipe??? Obviously, they turned out perfectly. But I would have easily passed this recipe by and BOY would I have missed out, huh?

Thank you SO much for sharing these!

His,
Mrs. U

Anonymous said...

WOW!! When does that restaurant open?????