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
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 RecipeMakes 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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