For as long as I can remember my mom has always used the same recipe for her baking powder biscuits. I had always thought that it was a family recipe handed down from mother to daughter over the years, but no. It actually came from a very unexpected origin.
The other day my mom was making biscuits so thinking that it would be a cool story for my blog I asked her whose recipe it was. She stopped what she was doing, turned, looked at me and laughed. She said, “Well, its not a family recipe... I use the recipe off my Tupperware dough mat. (she then laughs) If I ever lose that mat I won’t know how to make them!” All I could do was shake my head and laugh. I then asked her where and when she got the dough mat, because she has had it for as long as I can remember. She thought about it for a minute and then decided it must have been a wedding shower present... probably from her mom, but she wasn’t sure.
So there you have it, all along I thought that it was a family recipe passed down through the generations and as it turns out, it was! Just not quite in the way I had expected!! =)
- Jennifer Figgins
Daughter of Jesse Figgins and Mary Bryan
Baking Powder Biscuits
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| From the infamous Tupperware dough mat! |
Ingredients:
2 cups sifted all purpose flour
1 Tbsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 cup shortening
3/4 cup milk
Wisk the dry ingredients together.
Cut in the shortening.
Slowly add the milk into mixture forming a loose dough.
Do not over work the dough.
On a lightly floured surface flatten out the dough until it is about an inch thick.
Cut out biscuit rounds and place onto a cookie sheet.
Bake in a 450 degree oven until biscuits are light golden brown on top.
Yield: 12 High Biscuits (its actually about 9 one inch high biscuits)
Note from Mom: "sometimes I add some sugar.... 1/4 cup... ehh... well maybe a couple tablespoons... or what ever you feel like! (laughs) I usually just take the sugar dispenser and pour some in! (laughs some more) Just depends on what I'm making them for."
2 cups sifted all purpose flour
1 Tbsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 cup shortening
3/4 cup milk
Wisk the dry ingredients together.
Cut in the shortening.
Slowly add the milk into mixture forming a loose dough.
Do not over work the dough.
On a lightly floured surface flatten out the dough until it is about an inch thick.
Cut out biscuit rounds and place onto a cookie sheet.
Bake in a 450 degree oven until biscuits are light golden brown on top.
Yield: 12 High Biscuits (its actually about 9 one inch high biscuits)
Note from Mom: "sometimes I add some sugar.... 1/4 cup... ehh... well maybe a couple tablespoons... or what ever you feel like! (laughs) I usually just take the sugar dispenser and pour some in! (laughs some more) Just depends on what I'm making them for."
I'm telling you, the laughter never
ends with this one! =)
