Keep your strength up - cheesy biscuits recipe - quick and tasty

[junker]

takes 12 minutes to cook at 420

1/3 cup vege shortening
1 and 3/4 cup good flour (us guys out in the hinterland grind our own in the vitamix just before use)
1 tbs (no, not a movie on tbs but a tablespoon) of baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup o' milk or if using buttermilk or yoghurt, reduce to 3/4 cup if soy use 1 cup

a bunch'a shredded cheese to please your tongue


mix the flour, baking powder, and salt real good with a wooden spoon,
then mix in the vege shortening until really really really well mixed,
then add your cheese and milk, mix all about until big goopy mess

then put a baking sheet down, grate enough cheese to have a thin layer all over the sheet

then use a little bit of extra flour and kneed your gooey dough about 9 to 12 times (folding works best), working in a little bit of flour, say a 1/4 cup or less as you fold the dough. Once the kneeding is done, flatten out the whole mass to about an inch, more or less.

Then flop onto the cookie sheet and slice into interesting shapes. move shapes apart ever so slightly.

Then bake for 12 minutes until browned and bubbly (the cheese on the pan)...

great with coffee, or toasted or sliced as a bed for some other foods, or added to soups or salads.

Gonna go toast one now...with some Murchies Rusky caravan black tea.

Remember, ifn' you want to open a can of whup ass, you gotta be strong, so go stoke them fires.

[Lorien]

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they sound tasty! And by using your own organic ingredients, I'm sure they are way more healthy than those evil cheese biscuits at Red Lobster!

[hippywife]

2. You forgot the

garlic!!! :P

[tridim]

3. Sounds good, but just a small nitpick

Kneading biscuit dough makes for tough biscuits, the less you knead (and less you mix) the fluffier your biscuits will be. I usually mix in the flour just until it's wet, turn it out on a board, fold it over once, flatten and cut.

[junker]

4. yeah, i agree, but this is a take off of the frenchies cheese somblier

and needs some kneeding as it is a goo not really a biscuit dough as your fingers might know...oui? Not much, but bear in mind cheese hogs might put two cups in this, or mix cheddar and jack....oh what a gooey dough..so at least a few folds and mix in some more flour.



yum though.

also great sliced, with tomato slice, spinach and feta on top, olive oil, sprig of basil, all toasted in the oven...needs wine on the side. Dark, pure (to complement the blend of cheese) like a pinot noir...

[Mz Pip]

5. I'll make these tonight

They sound like perfect comfort food. I have some fresh herbs - oregano and thyme that might be a good addition to the dough. :-)
MzPip
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