Batter biscuits

1 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 tablespoon Salt
½ tablespoon Baking Powder
¼ teaspoon Baking Soda; or less to taste
2⅓ cup Flour
1 quart Buttermilk; or more as needed
2 Eggs
½ pounds Butter

Directions

Preheat oven to 425°. Mix dry ingredients. Add buttermilk until about the consistency of pancake batter. Beat eggs and add to batter. Batter must be slightly thinner than pancake batter and beaten very smooth. Melt butter.

Put ½ tsp. in each hole of small muffin tins. Heat on surface until butter is very hot. Spoon 1 tbsp. of batter into each hole and bake for 20 minutes. Turn out and serve immediately with your favorite jam or preserves.

Makes 5 dozen biscuits.

Source: "Mountain Measures"-- Junior League of Charleston, WV ed. 1974 Typed for you by billspa@...

Recipe by: Traditional Appalachain recipe from Eastern Kentucky Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by "Bill Spalding" <billspa@...> on May 3, 1998

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