Master Biscuit Recipe

Master Biscuit Recipe

Omega Flour Master Biscuit Recipe

From a vintage recipe booklet – Omega Flour Mill’s Baking is Easy.  This page includes a recipe for a Master Biscuit along with variations for Skillet Biscuits and Drop Biscuits. 

The Master Biscuit recipe is made with 2 cups sifted Omega Flour, 4 teaspoons baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt, 3 tablespoons shortening, and 2/3 cups milk.   To use Omega Self-Rising Flour, omit baking powder and salt. 

Skillet Biscuits: 

Increase milk to 3/4 cup.  Put rounds of dough into a lightly greased, hot skillet.  Cover; cook over very low heat until brown on the underside, then turn and brown the other side. 

To use Omega Self-Rising Flour in the Master Biscuit Recipe or the Skillet Biscuits, simply omit baking powder and salt. 

Drop Biscuits:

Increase milk to 1 cup in Master Biscuit Recipe.  Drop dough by tablespoons onto a greased baking sheet.  Bake as directed in the Master Biscuit Recipe.  Makes 20 biscuits. 

To use Omega Self-Rising Flour in Drop Biscuits, omit baking powder and salt and increase milk to only 3/4 cup. 

These recipes are from Omega Flour Mill’s Baking is Easy, promotional cookbook, page 2. 

Master Biscuit Recipe

Master Biscuit Recipe
A vintage advertisement clipping from Omega Flour for a Master Biscuit recipe along with variations for Skillet Biscuits and Drop Biscuits.
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Ingredients

Master Biscuit Recipe

  • 2 cups sifted Omega Flour
  • 4 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 3 tablspoons shortening
  • 2/3 cup milk

Method

Master Biscuit

  • Turn on oven; set at very hot (450 degrees).
  • Sift together 2 cups of sifted Omega Flour, 4 teaspoons of baking powder, and 1 teaspoon of salt.
  • Work in with a fork or pastry blender 3 tablespoons shortening.
  • When mixture looks like coarse corn meal, stir in with a fork 2/3 cup of milk.
  • Turn onto a lightly floured board. Pat lightly until the dough is smooth. Roll into sheet 1/2-inch thick. Cut into rounds with floured cutter. Put on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake on top shelf of oven 12 minutes, or until brown.
    Makes 16 2-inch or 27 1.5-inch biscuits.

Skillet Biscuits

  • Increase milk to 3/4 cup. Put rounds of dough into lightly greased, hot skillet. Cover; cook over very low heat until brown on under side, then turn and brown other side.
  • To use Omega Self-Rising Flour, in the Master Biscuit Recipe or Skillet Biscuits, simply omit baking powder and salt.

Drop Biscuits

  • Increase milk to 1 cup in Master Biscuit Recipe. Drop dough by tablespoons onto greased baking sheet. Bake as directed in the Master Biscuit Recipe
    Makes 20 biscuits.
  • To use Omega Self-Rising Flour in Drop Biscuits, omit baking powder and salt and increase milk to only 3/4 cup.

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Pastry Board
Biscuit Cutter
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Course Breads
Cuisine American
Keyword Biscuit

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