Sourdough Biscuits
Ingredients
- 2¼ cups bleached all-purpose flour OR self-rising flour
- 1 Tbs baking powder omit if using self-rising flour
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp Kosher salt omit if using self-rising flour
- 6 Tbs unsalted butter cold and cut into cubes
- 1 cup mature sourdough starter at 100% hydration chilled
- ¼ cup whole milk more or less as needed
- 1 Tbs melted butter for brushing
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450° F. Lightly butter the bottom of a 10-inch cast iron skillet.
- In a bowl, whisk together flour and baking powder, baking soda, and salt (if using self-rising flour, omit the baking powder and salt). If it’s particularly warm in your kitchen you can chill the bowl and flour mixture before continuing.
- Add cold cubed butter and cut in with a pastry blender or two knives until butter forms pea-sized pieces coated in flour.
- Add sourdough starter and 2 tablespoons of milk and mix with a fork until dough starts to come together in a shaggy dough. If dough seems particularly dry (this will depend on the maturity/hydration of your starter), you can add more milk as needed. I found about 1/4 cup of milk was just about right.
- Knead and fold the dough in the bowl a few times to incorporate any remaining dry crumbs (just until it comes together, you don’t want to overwork it).
- Turn dough out onto a work surface. Press into a circle about 1 inch thick.
- Cut into rounds using a 2¼ to 2½-inch circle cutter or biscuit cutter. Dip your cutter in flour then press it straight down into the dough and lift back up without twisting (twisting will ‘seal’ the layers and prevent the biscuit from rising properly). Evenly space in prepared cast iron skillet.
- You can press the scraps of dough together once more and cut a few more biscuits from this, just know these re-rolled biscuits won’t rise quite as high.
- Brush tops of biscuits with milk.
- Bake for about 15 minutes or until tops of biscuits just start to turn golden brown.
- Remove from oven and immediately brush with melted butter; serve warm.
Rolled Biscuits
Cut recipe in half for two people
Ingredients
- 2 Cups Flour
- 3 tsp Baking powder
- 1 tsp Salt
- 6 Tbs Shortening
- 2/3 Cup Milk
Half Recipe
- 1 cup Flour
- 1½ tsp Baking powder
- ½ tsp Salt
- 3 Tbs Shortening
- ⅓ cup Milk
Instructions
- Combine flour, baking powder and salt in bowl.
- Cut in shortening to corn meal texture.
- Add milk, mix lightly, form into a ball, turn out on floured board and knead 8-10 times.
- Roll to 1/2″ think, cut with floured cutter. Tertiary with scraps.
- Bake on ungreased sheet at 425° 12 minutes.
Biscuits
Servings: 15
Ingredients
- 2 cup flour
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 4 tbsp shortening or butter
- ¼ tsp salt
- 5/8 cup milk
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 475°
- Sift flour, baking powder and salt
- Measure oil and milk into cup but don't stir. Add all at once to flour mixture
- Stir with fork until mixture leaves side of bowl and forms ball
- Knead 10 times
- Roll out ¼" thick and cut with floured glass or biscuit cutter
- Bake 10–12 minutes
Easy Soft Breadsticks
Ingredients
- 1½ cups flour
- 2 tsp sugar
- 1½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ⅖ cup milk
- 3 Tbs butter melted
- 2 tsp sesame seeds
Instructions
- Mix flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
- Slowly add milk to form a soft dough.
- Knead on a floured surface 4 times.
- Roll into 10 inch by 5 inch rectangle.
- Cut into 12 sticks.
- Put butter in 13×9 baking dish.
- Roll breadsticks in butter.
- Sprinkle with sesame seeds.
- Bake at 425° for 16 minutes, or until golden
Notes
6/15/09
Crunchy Breadsticks
Tip: Before baking, roll the breadstick dough in grated Parmesan or a fragrant herb, such as chopped rosemary.
Ingredients
- 1¼ oz package active dry yeast
- 1 tsp sugar
- 2½ cups flour
- 6 Tbs extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 tsp table salt
- Coarse salt for sprinkling
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine the yeast, sugar and 1 cup lukewarm water (105 to 115° F). Let stand for 5 minutes until bubbly.
- Stir 1 1/2 cups flour, 2 tablespoons olive oil and the table salt into the yeast mixture. Stir together with a wooden spoon or beat with an electric mixer until the dough is shiny and elastic, 3 to 5 minutes. Add the remaining 1 cup flour and mix until incorporated. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured work surface, cover with an inverted bowl and let stand for 15 minutes. On the lightly floured work surface, knead the dough until smooth and springy, 5 to 10 minutes. Place the dough in a large bowl, cover with plastic wrap and let rise until puffy, about 45 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 350°. Drizzle the remaining 4 tablespoons olive oil over 2 baking sheets. Divide the dough into 4 equal pieces, then cut each piece again into 4 equal pieces to make a total of 16 pieces. On a lightly floured work surface, using floured hands, stretch and roll each piece of dough into a 15-inch-long breadstick. Place the breadsticks about 1/2 inch apart on the prepared baking sheets. Roll the breadsticks in the olive oil on the baking sheets to coat and sprinkle with the coarse salt. Bake until golden and crisp, about 30 minutes. Transfer the baking sheets to a rack and let the breadsticks cool completely.
Notes
March 2012
Soft Breadsticks
Ingredients
- 1¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp sugar
- 1½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ⅔ cup milk
- 3 Tbs butter melted
- 2 tsp sesame seeds
Instructions
- In a small bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Gradually add milk and stir to form a soft dough. Turn onto a floured surface, knead gently 3-4 times. Roll into a 10-in. x 5-in. x 1/2-in. rectangle; cut into 12 breadsticks. Place butter in a 13-in. x 9-in. x 2-in. baking pan. Place breadsticks in the butter and turn to coat. Sprinkle with sesame seeds. Bake at 450° F for 14-18 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm.
Notes
March 2012
English Muffin Bread
We’ve taken our favorite English muffin recipe and translated it into a simple bread recipe that toasts and tastes like English muffins but with half the work. We prefer bread flour in this recipe for its stronger gluten proteins, which give this loaf a chewy yet light consistency. Bread flour also has the ability to absorb more water than AP flour, an important aspect since this is a fairly wet and sticky batter/dough. The resulting crumb has a solid structure and consistent holes.
Ingredients
- Cornmeal
- 5 cups (27½ ounce) bread flour
- 4½ tsp instant or rapid rise yeast
- 1 Tbs sugar
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 3 cups whole milk heated to 120 degrees
Instructions
- Grease two 8½ by 4½ inch loaf pans and dust with cornmeal. Combine flour, yeast, sugar, salt, and baking soda in large bowl. Stir in hot milk until combined, about 1 minute.
- Cover dough with greased plastic wrap and let rise in warm place for 30 minutes, or until dough is bubbly and has doubled.
- Stir dough and divide between prepared loaf pans, pushing into corners with greased rubber spatula. (Pans should be about two thirds full.) Cover pans with greased plastic and let dough rise in warm place until it reaches edge of pans, about 30 minutes. Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 375 degrees.
- Discard plastic and transfer pans to oven. Bake until bread is well browned and registers 200 degrees, about 30 minutes, rotating and switching pans halfway through baking. Turn bread out onto wire rack and let cool completely, about 1 hour. Slice, toast, and serve.
Notes
April 2012
Green Tomato Bread
makes two loaves
Ingredients
mix together wet ingredients:
- 1 cup oil
- 3 eggs
- 2 cups (or less) sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 2 cups pureed green tomatoes
mix together dry ingredients:
- 3 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- ¼ tsp cloves
- ¼ tsp nutmeg
- 2 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Combine wet and dry and stir until just moistened.
- Pour into two greased loaf pans and bake at 325° for 1 hour.
Notes
From Carolyn 10/2014
From Andrea 1/2014
From Andrea 1/2014
Rosemary Cheddar Muffins
Servings: 12
Ingredients
- 2 cups self-rising flour
- ½ cup shredded sharp cheddar
- 1 Tbsp minced fresh Rosemary or 1 tsp dried Rosemary, crushed
- 1¼ cups milk
- 3 Tbsp mayonnaise
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine flour, cheese, and rosemary
- In another bowl, combine milk and mayonnaise
- Stir wet into dry until just moistened
- Spoon into 12 greased muffin cups
- Bake at 400° F for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned and toothpick comes out clean
- Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack
- Serve warm
Cracked Pepper Cheddar Muffins
Servings: 12
Ingredients
- 2 cups All-purpose flour
- 1 Tbsp Sugar
- 3 tsp Baking powder
- ½ tsp Coarsely ground pepper
- 1 Egg
- 1¼ cups Milk
- 2 Tbsp Cooking oil
- 1 cup Shredded Cheddar cheese
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and pepper
- In another bowl, whisk the egg, milk, and oil
- Stir wet into dry until just moistened
- Fold in cheese
- Coat muffin cups with cooking spray and fill ⅔ full
- Bake at 375° F for 25-30 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean
- Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack
- Serve warm