What is the Biscuit Method?

Answer by  chuckmay (16)

The biscuit method (sometimes called the shortening method) is a baking technique in which cold fat is mixed with flour. The fat melts during baking and causes flakiness, but care must be taken not to mix too well or the biscuits will not rise.

Answer by  suryab (6)

The ingredients for making biscuits are 11/2 cup maida,1/4 cup milk,1 table spoon vinegar,120 gm butter,1/2 cup powdered sugar,1 tablespoon vanilla essence.Mix the maida to a smooth paste.shape the paste to form cookies and place it on an ungreased baking tray.Bake in a pre-heated oven for 15-20 minutes at 35F-180C.

Answer by  nikisha (6)

9 cups flour 1 1/2 cups non-fat dry milk 1/2 cup granulated sugar 3 tsp.baking powder1baking soda3 tsp.salt 2 1/4 cups vegetable.Cut in the Crisco using a pastry blender or two knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.If a leaner mixture may be reduced by 1 to 3 tablespoons

Answer by  AnnaTeague (806)

The secret to fluffy biscuits: handle the dough as little as possible. Hand kneading adds in oils from the skin making them heavy and dense. Mix your dry ingredients and cut in the shortening with a fork or pastry blender. When you add liquids use a fork or wooden spoon to stir and fold the dough.

Answer by  AnnaTeague (806)

Traditional flaky, light biscuits require "cutting in" the lard or butter with all the dry ingredients until the pieces are the size of peas. Add liquid, then gently blended, not stirred, with a fork to moisten, then mounded into a ball and turned onto a doughboard, rolled out to 1/2" thick, then cut with a round cutter or into squares.

Answer by  mishty (16)

take flour add boiled milk and mix it until it becomes even. then add powdered sugar and little salt for taste.then add butter to it and make it a fine paste.add vanilla or other flavored essence for good smell.then keep the paste in several shapes in a baking plate and keep it in microwave for baking.your biscuit is ready.

Answer by  noufi (35)

The biscuit method is one of the only mixing method that does not require all of the ingredients at room temperature.Fats and liquids should be cold for tne biscuit method.

Answer by  Olive (1195)

The Biscuit Method definitely will help you make those biscuits edible. Unlike recipes where the ingredients are at room temperature, you'll want your ingredients cold when using the Biscuit method. Mix the dry ingredients, then add the wet from any standard recipe and you'll have great biscuits that will be delicious.