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Terminius_Est Title: Moon River Posts: 894 Registered: 2002-2-27 06:08:05	Date Posted: 12/4/09 2:04pm Subject: What is it about buttermilk biscuits that makes them so much better than regular?
	I don't get it. Buttermilk biscuits rise better and come out more fluffy and breadlike than biscuits just using milk. Here's my basic recipe. 2C flour 1/2t salt 1 stick cold butter 2T Crisco (cold) Now, if I'm using 1C milk I add 5t baking powder. If I'm using 1C buttermilk it's 1T baking powder and 1/4t baking soda. It doesn't seem like that big of a difference but it sure has a big difference in results. If you want the instructions: Sift together dry ingredients, cut in the shortening, add the liquid, mix with a spoon until incorporated. Pour dough out on a well floured counter and give it no more than 10 kneads, flatten into a 1/2 inch high circle, cut into rounds using a biscuit cutter. Bake at 425 in a convection oven for 12 minutes, 15 in a regular oven. -----signature----- There is no emotion, there is peace. There is no ignorance, there is knowledge. There is no passion, there is serenity. There is no chaos, there is harmony. There is no death, there is the FORCE. Sci/Fi Bookshelf http://tinyurl.com/2z8u9h
Branlaadee Posts: 63 Registered: 2004-11-22 23:16:01	Date Posted: 12/4/09 2:04pm Subject: What is it about buttermilk biscuits that makes them so much better than regular?
	I just made buttermilk bicuits for the first time this morning. I used Alton Brown's recipe. http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/southern-biscuits-recipe/index.html They were delicous...soft and flakey. Yum. I guess I am going to have to keep a supply of buttermilk around now. -----signature----- No sense being pessimistic.... It wouldn't work anyway.
pkhere Title: Yes, they are real Posts: 2,683 Registered: 2003-9-4 16:38:32	Date Posted: 12/4/09 2:04pm Subject: What is it about buttermilk biscuits that makes them so much better than regular?
	Alton's recipe is awesome. -----signature----- "I wish I could lag during sex." - Reapist Jezza, so you know, you've been moved to the number 1 spot of my list of people with horrible taste on the board. -Wolfgar-
-Foxy- Title: Moderator Ãœber Brat Posts: 6,565 Registered: 2002-5-29 21:46:17	Date Posted: 12/4/09 2:04pm Subject: What is it about buttermilk biscuits that makes them so much better than regular?
	its the buttermilk itself that makes them so good and different. -----signature----- Long suffering vassal to Xarkath, U.P. - Forever and ever
Terminius_Est Title: Moon River Posts: 894 Registered: 2002-2-27 06:08:05	Date Posted: 12/4/09 2:04pm Subject: What is it about buttermilk biscuits that makes them so much better than regular?
	-Foxy- posted: its the buttermilk itself that makes them so good and different. Yep, it's got to be something different about buttermilk. It's thicker and acidic. Soak chicken in it overnight for YUMMIE fried chicken. Amazing stuff -----signature----- There is no emotion, there is peace. There is no ignorance, there is knowledge. There is no passion, there is serenity. There is no chaos, there is harmony. There is no death, there is the FORCE. Sci/Fi Bookshelf http://tinyurl.com/2z8u9h
shaggynuts24 Posts: 369 Registered: 2006-5-30 07:12:48	Date Posted: 12/4/09 2:04pm Subject: What is it about buttermilk biscuits that makes them so much better than regular?
	buttermilk has active bacteria in it -----signature----- fat girls + skinny ankles = faulty construction -- Halloweve The next burglar in my house will get an Awesome Auger to the face!!! -- CulenTrey Being the coolest kid on the Asylum is like being the smartest kid with down syndrome. - DanBoone
Terminius_Est Title: Moon River Posts: 894 Registered: 2002-2-27 06:08:05	Date Posted: 12/4/09 2:04pm Subject: What is it about buttermilk biscuits that makes them so much better than regular?
	Yeah, I wonder if that's it. -----signature----- There is no emotion, there is peace. There is no ignorance, there is knowledge. There is no passion, there is serenity. There is no chaos, there is harmony. There is no death, there is the FORCE. Sci/Fi Bookshelf http://tinyurl.com/2z8u9h

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