Best Biscuit

While hundreds of biscuit recipes exist, my wife has created one that our family believes is one of the best, if not the best biscuit recipe enjoyed to date.  It is a simple recipe that creates an elegant biscuit fit for a king (or queen).  We think that the King or Queen of your home will agree once they taste them.


Best Biscuit

4 cups       self-rising flour
1/2 cup     canola oil
3 tsp         sour cream        
1cup         milk

*Preheat oven to 400ºF degrees
*Sift flour into a large bowl and make a well (depression) in the center of the flour with a tablespoon
*Pour the canola oil into the well and slowly stir the oil into a small amount of the flour until a creamy mixture
  results (only use enough flour to absorb the oil at this stage)
*Add the sour cream to the oil/flour creamy mixture and stir slowly without integration of the remaining flour
*Add the milk to the creamy mixture and stir slowly without integration of the remaining flour
*While slowly stirring the creamy mixture, gradually integrate the remaining flour until a dough is created
*Remove the dough from the bowl and place on a lightly floured surface or a cutting board
*Work (knead) the dough sprinkling with flour until a non-sticky dough surface is achieved
*Pat or roll the dough to an approximate thickness of 1/2 inch
*Cut out biscuits with a round biscuit cutter
*Place uncooked biscuits adjacent to each other on an ungreased baking sheet
*Bake at 400ºF degrees for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown


Comment from the Queen of our home:
  "I prefer to use Martha White® 'Hot Rize' self-rising flour based on the consistent baking results."

Comment from our eldest Grandson:
  "These biscuit are the best biscuit in the whole wide world."




Biscuits are at their best served hot right out of the oven!  Enjoy!
                                                                            Chase Goode