Buttermilk Biscuits
The very first job I had was making biscuits for Hardees. The commercials were showing some old grandma making them at 4 am. Yes, they were made at 4 am but not by someones grandma, just me. I was fresh out of high school and not sure what to do with my life. Those two years I worked at Hardees I made many a biscuit. I remember one very busy Saturday morning they sold about 1500 biscuits. By hand, they were all rolled, cut out and baked by me.
I can honestly say that in the beginning, I was not very good at it. I burned some, I burned myself and some looked awful. But with time I got better and better at it.
I decided to make biscuits for you today and why you ask? Because I am so much better at it now than I was then. Even though it has been years since I made them, it is kind of like riding a bike, you always know how to do it.
Buttermilk Biscuits
Ingredients:
2 cups self rising flour
1/4 cup cold shortening
3/4 cup buttermilk
Directions:
Preheat oven to 500 degrees.
Put flour and shortening in a large bowl. Cut shortening into flour using a pastry blender or two knives until it looks like wet sand. Add milk and blend with a fork until it just comes together.
Put the dough on a lightly floured surface and kneed gently a couple of times. Roll dough into 1/2 inch thickness. Cut into biscuits and put on a baking sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown.
Peace be with you,
Veronica
Love biscuits!!! Those are lovely! Making good biscuits is an art form! Especially if they are light and flaky! 🙂
And also with you!
You really made biscuits at Hardees? That’s awesome. And you obviously got very, very good at it. These look delicious.
Ok, NOW you did it. You made my mouth water, despite the fact that I just had lunch! Thanks for the recipe and photos. Making these tomorrow! Peace be with you, too! Lulu, Dallas
Homemade biscuits are the best. Especially with scrambled eggs and gravy!
These biscuits look AMAZING and that’s so cool that the Hardee’s biscuits are actually homemade-although, by you (in your area…when you were a teen), poor thing
I to worked at Hardee’s, and made those awesome biscuits. Thank God for you , for getting the recipe! I can’t wait to try them.
I’m skeptical. The oven temp at 500 degrees? No salt? Only 3 ingredients? I’m mixing some up right now to test these.
They didn’t rise nearly as high as they should have at that temp. It’s a good base recipe, kudos to beautiful Veronica for sharing this. They turned out a little dry for my taste, but I could have over mixed. I’m going to try again with a slight increase to the buttermilk and I will add 1 Tbs of cold butter. a pinch of salt, a pinch of baking powder & soda in hopes of more height and fluff. I’m obsessed with getting as close to Hardees as possible. I have tried so many recipes that and this one has been closest.