ButterMilk Biscuits (& Sausage Gravy)
We had Miss Tbug last weekend so Saturday I woke up and thought it’d be the perfect morning for Pioneer Woman (cookbook) Biscuits. Yeah… ask me how those went….
- Well So far so good…
- Then realized I didn’t have Baking Powder. (It required Powder and Soda but I didn’t add extra soda)
- So I thought, well I’ll leave it out. So I mixed it all together. (dry ingredients)
- Then I read the directions and it called for shortening. No problem, I have some of that
- I searched the cabinets high and low
- Then PC remembered, oh we put all that in the deep fryer.
- CRAP!
- So he ran to the store since I was already in the mode and he thought they sounded good too.
- So I did laundry.
- And cleaned the floors
- And started picking up the house
- And making arrangements with my mom for Halloween and PC’s Birthday
- And then he got home with the stuff from the store
- And I went back to work on the biscuits
- And I wonder how many more times I can start with And
- And
- And
- ok I’ll quit 🙂
- So I cut the butter and shortening into the flower (er… flour) mixture
- Rolled the biscuits out
- Put them on the pan
- Preheated my oven to 450 degrees
- Set the timer for just shy of 11 minutes (recipe said 11-14)
- And that’s when it happened.
- I burnt the biscuits
- PC tried to salvage them
- Luckily I had another pan of 6
- I cut down the bake time on them.
- So we ate the salvaged middles and the 6 good ones.
- I’ve never made gravy from scratch (just out of a packet) so I let PC handle that part.
- It turned out great!
I’m not sure I’ve ever made biscuits from scratch. I pulled out my King Aurthur Flour cookbook and read their recipe. It was much different. I think I’m going to have to try it just to redeem myself. I swear our stove cooks hot… I’ll have to look into this and then try these biscuits again and redeem myself from them too!
Peace, Love & Breakfast!
Nicole
I once read that most ovens are up to 30 degrees off and you should always have a thermometer in your oven to double check : )
Also, I think drop biscuits are way easier!
aw man these look just like my grandmothers- gravy and all. great job!!
My oven cooks a little hot too,just have to get used to how things go I guess.The biscuits and gravy look so yummy.Nothing I had ever had till out neighbor moved into the area from the states and she mad us some .gotta say ,pretty good stuff!
Try 2 cups self rising, 1 1/2 cups milk, 1 big spoon of crisco, mix together, roll out on flour dredge in bacon grease bake ~20-25 min at 400-450
Those still look yummy, even if a little burnt. I think you did great!
Totally looks num yummy!
Yum! I am like the queen of making grilled cheese with garlic & old bay. The one time I was making my bf grilled cheese with garlic bread, and it burnt to the point it was black. He said it was ok, and tasty, but I was so disappointed! I've redeemed myself too. PS I will send you that guest post on Monday!
My old range sucked and stuff never cooked right. (Hence the new range and subsequent kitchen remodel)…
My grandma had a FANTASTIC biscuit recipe. When our kitchen is done, I'll have to make up a batch. I'll let you know how it goes.
I am going to gain soooo much weight when I get my new kitchen with all the baking/cooking I have planned… 🙁
Stef at TooMuchToDoSoLittleTime.com
Our stove cooks hot too and it was so hard to get used to when I moved in with hubs! It can get frustrating.
I love gravy and biscuits. 🙂 I never had good luck with PW's biscuit recipe.. I have one from a Texas Cowboy's cookbook that I use.
That happens all the time to me with my new stove!! The heat is so much stronger and I burn the first go of everything!!! They still looked yummy!! xo
Oh, I haven't had biscuits and gravy in years. It looks totally yummy.
I keep thinking I need to get myself a copy of Pioneer Woman's Cookbook but don't know if I'd really use it much since I try to avoid cooking if I can. LOL But even if I did, I'd probably do biscuits the shortcut way and go for the Bisquick. It makes awesome biscuits with little room for error. Definitely my kind of cooking.
My oven is def. off. I need to have it recalibrated but I'm too lazy & cheap. For now, I have an inexpensive thermometer that just hangs off the top rack. You can get really $$ ones, but the cheaper ones work just as well.
Like this:
http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?SKU=10161738
I usually have to cook everything longer with my oven. I am even considering an extra hour for my turkey as the last two years it was not fully cooked!
Biscuits and gravy are a staple! Can't beat it.
I have a tendency to burn stuff, too. And I am an old hand at starting a recipe before I read it and then finding out I am out of several ingredients.
I'm pretty sure my oven runs hot too, but even when I adjust for that, I still often overcook stuff.
Glad it mostly turned out well! 🙂