a moral victory was achieved as i didn’t burn the damn things ... but i bet i could sling ‘em 300 yards & skip them 4-5 times on a flat pond surface 😂🤣🤪🤷🏻‍♂️

back to the drawing board tonite ... pretty sure i’ve figured out where i went wrong ...

I'll be interested to see the end result..

oh ya i ain’t quittin’ ...

Too much mixin'

yup!! this aint yeast dough ... rd 2 this afternoon!

Hi BGD, try my recipe: 2 cups White Lily Red label, unbleached, flour
1/4 cup lard and buttermilk.
Cut the lard in with a fork real good. Add just enough buttermilk to get everything wet.
Mix well and pour onto a floured surface. Sift flour on top and roll or pat out and cut out.
Don’t over work! Bake @ 400 until they are as brown as you like. When they start to turn
brown brown brush with melted butter.

10-4 i think my whole problem was over-working the dough ... gonna try not to do that tonite 👍🏻

No baking powder?

Maybe you could work out a deal with the NHL. Seriously, they make these tubes that you whack on the side of the counter...

No sir.....it’s self rising flour😁

WELP ... round #2 is in the books & my trainer is shoving smelling salts up my nose & rubbing my neck — UTTER FREAKIN’ DISASTER again 😩😩😡😡😱😱 y’all aint even seeing a pic of this trainwreck ... damn

Well dangit.......what happened?

i can’t get the dough to come out right ... i’m thinking not enough buttermilk ... gonna try it again tonite ...

It's not about convenience here. It's a tough skill to do and quite an accomplishment to learn.

For the less cultured among us^^^

LOL welp tonite is ROUND THREE & i agree with snakebit, it is a process & a skill development exercise ... my daughter reminded ME of what i always tell her — SUCK before success

BTW i am attempting the Southern Living “perfect buttermilk biscuit” recipe/formula ... i am failing at the dough stage; if i can leap that hurdle, i am convinced great biscuits will be made

https://www.southernliving.com/food/how-to/perfect-buttermilk-biscuit-video

And I'm sure they'll be killer when BGD gets them figured out. I'm just having a little fun cause I know how seriously y'all take your biscuits. The ones out of the tube pretty much suck. Grands aren't bad, but that's about it.

Damyankee, if you’re gonna “cheat” by a bag of the buttermilk Mary B’s frozen biscuits

That looks like a great recipe. I’ll be trying it next biscuit cook.
You got this, be sure to post pics.

Sift the flour and other dry ingredients well before liquid and fat. Really need to get you an old woman to show you how to cut the fat into the flour and roll the dough out right. I used to could make pretty good biscuits when I was younger, but I'm way out of practice. From what I remember keep the bowl, flour and lard/Crisco/whatever cold before, and while, you cut it in. I used one of those wood handled wire loop pie dough things to cut the fat into the flour. After adding liquid, barely mix it ,and compress all those little bits and liquid together and just BARELY kneed it enough to where you consolidate it. Gently roll the dough out, and minimize the times your roll it out again. I think it matters what you use to cut the individual biscuits with as well. If you use a dull edge like the top of a tea glass it compresses the edges where it doesn't rise right. I think you want to use a sharper edge like a actual biscuit cutter or a soup can/etc. This way its a clean cut and it rises as much as possible.

Good luck with it, you'll get it. Dang, I want a biscuit now.

Thanks man, will do. Honest question, how do Bisquick biscuits rate with you guys? I've had them, a few times, and thought they were pretty good.

They'll do in a pinch!

well guys ... i did it!!! i’m using my iPhone so not sure the pic’ll come thru but i got em this time ... had to use 1/4 cup more buttermilk than what they called for ...

They sure soak up some gravy. Nice job BGD! I never had a doubt.

Good job!
I had evidence in you the whole time.....lol

Those look real good!

yup, you nailed it!!!! biscuits IMO are a CRAP TON harder to make than yeast dough (like for pizza's) ... yeast dough you can rough house ... biscuit dough - not so much ...

those look fine!!

thx, they turned out great 👍🏻

Buy Martha White self rising flour and follow directions on the side of the package. It's that simple.

There's your problem. Mainly that you're measuring the buttermilk, but biscuit dough has to be wet. Now that you successfully made some, you know what consistency the dough needs to be. Quit all that measuring. Cornbread and biscuits should never require a measuring cup.

What FurFyin said.

Now you just have to repeat it (every time)
They look good!

This post makes me want tomato gravy and biscuits for supper.

yup!! gettin’ the hang of this now; made these last nite

If you use buttermilk, remember to use both baking powder and baking powder. They are different and the acid in buttermilk needs the soda for the power to make enough gas (co2) to rise properly.