Biscuits

Let me tell you I have tried and tried to make biscuits for YEARS!!! They started out like hockey pucks LOL. But with lots of practice and a family that loves to try them, I have finally gotten some that are pretty darn good.  They aren't Hardee's good but they are pretty good.  Here ya go!

2 cups self-rising flour

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

2 tsp sugar

1/4 tsp salt

3 Tbsp Butter

4 Tbsp Crisco, butter-flavored

3/4 - 1 cup buttermilk or whole milk

Whisk together the flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt.  Cut in the butter and shortening until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add the milk and stir together with a spoon. DO NOT DUMP the milk in all at once.  Start with about 1/2 cup and gradually add until the dough is wet.  Turn out onto a generously floured surface.  DO NOT KNEAD.

Roll or pat out your dough to about 1 inch thick.  Cut out biscuits.  I used a 2-inch biscuit cutter so they would be a bigger biscuit to use for breakfast sandwiches.  Spray a baking sheet lightly with cooking spray. Place biscuits touching each other on the baking sheet.  Brush tops with additional buttermilk.  Bake in preheated 425 degrees oven for about 15-20 minutes until brown on top.  Makes between 8-10 biscuits.  

I personally do not use buttermilk.  I use either whole milk or 2% milk and they are still delicious.  

Bacon Cheeseburger Pops

We tried this recipe with using crescent rolls also.  I liked them both ways but using biscuits really was easier.  This is a simple and really good supper.  Pair it with salad and you have a great meal for the evening.

Cheeseburger Pops

• 1 can Pillsbury Biscuits (10 biscuits)
• 1 pound lean ground beef
• ½ onion, finely chopped
• 3 slices of bacon, chopped
• ⅓ cup cream cheese
• 1 tablespoon ketchup
• 2 tablespoons barbecue sauce
• 1 teaspoon yellow mustard
• 1 teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce
• 5 oz cheddar cheese, chopped into 10 squares
• 1 egg white

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. 
2. In a large pan, brown ground beef, bacon and onion until cooked. Drain any grease.
3. Add cream cheese, ketchup, barbecue sauce, mustard and Worcestershire sauce. Stir over low heat until cream cheese is melted. Allow to cool.
4. Roll each biscuit out very thin. Place 2 tablespoons beef mixture on each biscuit and add 1 square of cheese. Wrap the biscuit around the beef/cheese and tightly seal the edges.
5. Place biscuits on a parchment lined pan seam side down. Brush with egg white.
6. Bake 13-16 minutes or until lightly browned.
7. Serve warm.