Biscuits

Ingredients:

• 2 cups White Lily Flour + more for work surface
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup butter-flavored shortening cold
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter + more for brushing cold
• 1 cup buttermilk cold
• 1 Tablespoon mayonnaise, milk or heavy whipping cream cold (for brushing)

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 425 F.
• In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda and sugar.
• Cut in butter-flavored shortening with a pastry cutter.
• Grate in butter, tossing occasionally.
• Stir in buttermilk until dough is wet and sticky.
• Generously flour a work surface.
• Turn dough out onto floured surface.
• Sprinkle a little flour on the dough and your hands and begin to gently knead and fold the dough.
• Add more flour as needed, but not too much, just enough so that the dough is manageable. Wet dough makes the best biscuits!
• Fold the dough over several times.(This will create layers.)
• Pat the dough out into a 1-inch thick rectangle.
• Dip the biscuit cutter into flour and cut out the biscuits. (do not twist the cutter)
• Place biscuits on pan, with the sides touching.
• Brush tops of biscuits with a very light coating of mayonnaise.
• Bake for 14 minutes or until tops are golden. (For a dark golden color, flip the oven to a low broil for the last 2 minutes. Be sure to keep your eyes on it at all times)
• Remove from oven and brush with butter.
• Serve warm.

***Think COLD: Make sure all of your ingredients are cold, even the bowl if you can! Biscuit dough needs to be super cold when it goes into the oven for the BEST biscuits.Work Fast: Work quickly to make sure the ingredients stay cold.Don't add too much flour: The dough will be a sticky mess when you first turn it out onto a floured surface. Don't be tempted to throw on a bunch of flour. The less flour you can get away with the better! The dough should be a tad bit wet and sticky, yet still easy to manage and not sticking like crazy.Don't twist the cutter: When cutting out biscuits, just go straight down. Don't twist and twerk the cutter, mkay?

Buttermilk Syrup

Ingredients:
1 ½ cups sugar
¾ cups buttermilk
½ cup butter
2 T. Karo syrup
1 t. baking soda
1 t. vanilla

Directions:

Mix all ingredients together except for baking soda and vanilla. Bring mixture to a rolling boil and boil for 2-3 minutes, stirring constantly. Add vanilla – stir well. Remove syrup from heat and add baking soda. The mixture doubles in size, so make sure you have a large pan!!Let the syrup cool after stirring in baking soda. It will look like creamy mashed potatoes at first. Serve warm.Store in refrigerator for up to 2 weeks, reheat before use. Again, it will double, so use a bigger container J

Notes:

I don’t always add the vanilla – depends on my mood.The longer you let the mixture boil before adding the baking soda, the more ‘caramel-ly’ it will be come. We love to serve this over French toast with fresh sliced strawberries and a dot of whipped cream. Mmmmm ….

***This is from a friend of Uncle Kelly's