{"id":19704,"date":"2020-07-03T10:20:06","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T17:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/?p=19704"},"modified":"2023-01-02T15:34:38","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T22:34:38","slug":"altons-biscuit-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/altons-biscuit-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Alton’s Biscuit Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ma Mae taught Alton how to make biscuits.  She died in November 2001, and as Alton has done, this recipe summary is dedicated to her.<\/p>\n

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Ma Mae’s Biscuits<\/td>\nAlton Brown’s Biscuits<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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    • Self Rising Flour – 2 C\u00b1 sifted<\/li>\n
    • 2 oz shortening or lard<\/li>\n
    • buttermilk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Use soft winter wheat
      \nWork in the fat thoroughly
      \nMix it quick, and don’t knead.<\/td>\n

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    • AP Flour – 340 gm (12 oz)<\/li>\n
    • 1\/4 tsp Baking Soda<\/li>\n
    • 20 gm (4 tsp) Baking Powder<\/li>\n
    • 3\/4 tsp salt<\/li>\n
    • 60 gm leaf lard (for flakiness)<\/li>\n
    • 30 gm (1 oz) butter (browning)<\/li>\n
    • 1 C lowfat buttermilk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Grandpa’s extras:  1\/2 tsp Granulated garlic, 1\/4 tsp ground chipotle chile, 1\/4 C sugar, 1\/4 C Masect – increase liquid by 1\/4 C<\/p>\n
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    1. Measure ingredients and set aside so they are ready<\/li>\n
    2. Cut the fats into the flour mix<\/li>\n
    3. Add liquid to create a wet sticky dough – Mix, don’t knead<\/li>\n
    4. Mix initially with a spoon, then switch to a wide rubber spatula and fold together<\/li>\n
    5. On a floured surface, form gently into a flattened square ball, then fold over and over about 8 times<\/li>\n
    6. Pat flat, don’t roll flat, then cut with biscuit cutter.  Push down and all the way through without twisting.  After through, twist to remove<\/li>\n
    7. After cutting, biscuits can be frozen and baked without thawing<\/li>\n
    8. Rub steel baking sheet with Crisco<\/li>\n
    9. Put onto sheet with sides just barely touching<\/li>\n
    10. Put a small indent in the center of each one.  This will help them rise evenly<\/li>\n
    11. Alton cooks at 450\u00ba – Ma Mae cooks at 475\u00ba<\/li>\n
    12. Bake 10 minutes; rotate; then cook another 10 minutes<\/li>\n
    13. Leftover biscuits, split open and put in toaster oven<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Ma Mae taught Alton how to make biscuits.  She died in November 2001, and as Alton has done, this recipe summary is dedicated to her.   Ma Mae’s Biscuits Alton Brown’s Biscuits Self Rising Flour – 2 C\u00b1 sifted 2 oz shortening or lard buttermilk Use soft winter wheat Work in the fat thoroughly Mix … Continue reading “Alton’s Biscuit Competition”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[145],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bread-starch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19704"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22575,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19704\/revisions\/22575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}