This is a great recipe to mix up early in the week and then bake as needed during the week. The aroma alone will make you hungry. For convenience I have included the recipe for Honey Butter Spread, which pairs beautifully with the biscuits.
Angel Biscuits
Ingredients
- 1 package yeast or a scant teaspoon from a jar of yeast
- 2 tablespoons warm water
- 5 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup shortening
- 1 cup buttermilk or 1 tablespoon vinegar + 7 tablespoons milk
Instructions
- Dissolve yeast in warm water and set aside.1 package yeast, 2 tablespoons warm water
- Sift flour with other dry ingredients.5 cups flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 tablespoon baking powder, 1/4 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon salt
- Cut in shortening, using a pastry blender, fork or two knives, until it looks like crumbs.1 cup shortening
- Add buttermilk and yeast mixture to flour mixture. Stir until a soft dough forms.1 cup buttermilk
- Knead on a floured board for 2 minutes.*
- Roll out to desired thickness and cut with biscuit cutter. **
- Bake for 10 minutes at 450 degrees F.
- Serve warm with Honey Butter Spread.
Notes
- * At this point you can put the dough into a covered container or ziplock bag and store it in the refrigerator until it is needed; it will be good for at least 7 days. Dough does not need to come back to room temperature before rolling it out.
- **If desired, roll the dough out on a cookie sheet and refrigerate for 10 minutes before cutting the biscuits. This may allow the biscuits to bake taller.
- If you don’t have buttermilk on hand, you can make a substitute by just adding vinegar to milk. Measure 1 tablespoon of white vinegar into a measuring pitcher, then add milk to make 1 cup. Stir and let sit a few minutes.
Honey Butter Spread
Ingredients
- ¼ cup butter softened
- ¼ cup honey
Instructions
- Beat butter and honey in a small bowl until light and fluffy. Serve with Fried Donut Puffs or Angel Biscuits.
Notes
Ways to use Angel Biscuits:
1) Pair fresh biscuits with Sausage Gravy for the classic Southern breakfast.
2) Serve with Sunday dinner.
3) Unexpected guests? Add Angel Biscuits to the menu to feed a few more mouths.
4) Bake, slice, then wrap in tinfoil and freeze. Pull out just what you need and make quick-to-go breakfast sandwiches with ham, sausage, bacon, eggs…
5) Pair freshly baked biscuits with Honey Butter Spread for a hospitality or condolence visit. Often the aroma of the biscuits is enough to entice the grieving to eat just a little bit, and the honey butter has them reaching for seconds.