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Letter: Biscuit Making

By Larry Clark

Debra taught me this recipe. I too use White lily self rising Flour.

I have a 2 quart measuring bowl, in that I put enough flour to make seven biscuits, plus I have a few left over as you can see by the picture.

In the flour I put a large hen-egg-sized piece of Crisco. Wash hands. I then work the flour, by hand, until it feels like coarse meal.


Then I put enough buttermilk to make a pretty wet dough. I use quite a bit of bench flour, so I can adjust the moisture. I usually fold it gently seven times. Don't over-work.

Checking the moisture as I go until I get the consistency I want ..I then pat it into a 1 and 1/2 inch thick round. I flour my cutter, with every biscuit going straight down--Don't twist.

Pre-heat the oven to 425, and bake approximately 15 to 18 minutes. I have a gas oven.

The ones that don't fit on the baker, I just form by hand, those will be used for butter and jam. Everybody seem to like them. --Thanks Larry Clark


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Biscuit Making



2019-01-26 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Larry Clark.
Larry has a recipe for biscuits that you can read and maybe recreate, but you really should be taught, by someone who knows how to interpret it properly to get the delicate layers that you can see in those top biscuits in the photo.

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