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brenda gantt biscuit recipe

Brenda Gantt Biscuit Recipe

A Brenda Gantt Biscuit Recipe is a fluffy biscuit recipe that was created by the legendary American cook, Brenda Gantt.
The recipe is becoming popular among modern moms who want to make a healthier version of biscuits for their families. In this copycat recipe, we will help you make the same biscuits with simple steps.
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Prep Time 25 mins
Cook Time 12 mins
Total Time 3 hrs 37 mins
Course Appetizer, Snack
Cuisine American

Equipment

  • Wooden bowl.
  • Oven
  • Cast iron skillet.
  • Medium bowl.
  • Biscuit cutter

Ingredients
  

  • 2 white Lilly self-rising flour in a wooden bowl.
  • 3/4 cup of buttermilk.
  • 1/4 cup of crisco shortening (Butter, Lard, margerine, vegitable oil can act as replacements)
  • 1/4 tbsp of salt.
  • 1 tbsp of salted butter.

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 500 degrees F. with a rack in at the center.
  • Spread some Crisco shortening on a 9-10 cast iron skillet bottom.
  • Put the self-rising flour in a medium bowl, add some salt, then make a well in the middle.
  • Pour the buttermilk in the well, then add the Crisco shortening.
  • Squeeze Crisco and buttermilk together using one hand. Get rid of all the lumps of Crisco by gradually bringing more flour into the mixture until all the flour is merged.
  • Clean and dry your hands.
  • Sprinkle a little flour on your work surface, and rub some on your hands too.
  • Remove the dough out of the bowl and knead it gently while adding a tiny amount of flour if it's still very sticky.
  • Pat gently about one inch thick and cut out with a biscuit cutter. Flour the cutter after every cut and rub stuck dough.
  • Place each piece of dough in the prepared cast iron skillet starting from the outer edge to the middle, place the biscuits so that they’re touching.
  • After cutting all you can from the dough, gently knead what is left a few more times. Pat it out and cut the rest. Do not repeat this process more than twice.
  • If you have some dough leftover, save it for something else, or bake one big biscuit on a separate pan.
  • Place the pan on the middle rack and reduce the heat immediately to 500 degrees F.
  • Bake your biscuits for about 12 minutes or until the tops turn golden and the sides look dry.
  • Use melted butter to brush the tops and serve hot.