Biscuits

Biscuits are one of our favorite gluten free breakfasts for the weekend.  When we make them, I make a lot, because everyone wants to make sure they get all of their favorite biscuit combinations.....sausage, sausage and jelly, bacon egg and cheese, butter & honey, butter and nutritional yeast, and on and on. If you have older children at home, you'll probably need to double this recipe =)


This recipe (and all of the ones I've sent you during the Bake Gluten Free Challenge) are an example of the kinds of recipes that are included in the cooking classes.  The articles that I've sent you are an example of the articles that are in the classes.  If you've liked these emails, then you'll love the classes.  The videos (which you haven't seen yet) really bring everything together. Seeing what a recipe should look like while it's in the works makes  learning to bake gluten free so much easier!



Tender Gluten Free Biscuits
(Yield: 12 - 16 large biscuits)

6.5 oz.  brown rice flour
10 oz.  corn starch or tapioca starch
2.5 oz. sorghum flour
4 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. xanthan gum


6 oz.  butter or shortening (chilled in the freezer)
16 oz.  buttermilk (or substitute non-dairy milk + 2 Tbsp. cider vinegar)

1  large egg, beaten


Cooking Instructions


1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.


2. In a large mixing bowl thoroughly combine the flours, baking powder, salt, baking soda, and xanthan gum.


3. Grate the butter into the flour using the small holed side of a box grater. Mix the butter into the flour so that there are no large balls of grated butter.


4. Add the vinegar and beaten egg to the flour. Gradually add the buttermilk and stir until the dry and liquid ingredients are combined. You do not have to add all of the buttermilk  - stop once the dough has reached the consistency that you want.


5. Put the dough onto a lightly floured surface and sprinkle with flour. Roll the dough out into a circle that is approximately 3/4" thick. Use a biscuit cutter to cut out the biscuits, being careful not to twist the cutter when you pull it out of the dough.


6. Roll the scraps from the first cutting back into a ball and roll out into a second round 3/4" thick and cut additional biscuits.


7. Bake biscuits at 350 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes. When they are done the tops will be slightly golden and the top of the biscuits will be firm to the touch.