Incredible Southern Biscuits

Bojangles inspired recipe

*Instructional video and more pics coming soon!

 

For those of you who don't know what "Bojangles" is, it is a great southern restaurant with amazing biscuits. Every time someone I know comes back from North Carolina they rave about how the went to Bojangles and had incredible biscuits. Unfortunately I do not have the privilege of living close to a Bojangles restaurant so I had to search the web and try out many different recipes until I found the perfect one. This recipe is delicious and very simple to make. 

Ingredients:

- 3 cups Self Rising Flour

- 3 t. Baking Powder

- 2 t. Powder Sugar

- 1/2 cup Butter

- 1 1/4 cup Buttermilk

-Melted Butter

Directions:

* Preheat over to 400 degrees F.

1. Sift together the Self Rising Flour, Baking Powder, and Powder Sugar. 

2. Cut in very cold Butter until mixture is crumbly

3. Pour in cold Buttermilk and mix either with mixing spoon or by hand until all is combine.

4. Roll out mixed biscuit dough until it is 

5. Brush tops with melted butter and then bake at 400 degrees for 12 minutes or until golden brown.

6. When the biscuits come out of the oven brush the tops again with melted butter...ENJOY!

Tips

•  How to make Self Rising Flour (for those like me who don't buy self rising flour)

For every 1 cup flour used add 1 1/2 t baking powder and 1/2 t salt.

• Use very cold butter (not frozen or you will not be able to cut it into the flour). Using cold butter makes the biscuits nice and flaky
• In addition to using very cold butter make sure to use cold buttermilk as well

• Substitution for Buttermilk ( sometimes I want to make these but do not have buttermilk on hand so this is an easy substitution that works just as well)

All you need is 1 cup milk and 1 T. white vinegar or lemon juice. Combine both the ingredients together and let them sit for 5 minutes and there you have it homemade buttermilk!

• You can also substitute the 1/2 cup butter for 1/2 cup shortening. I have tried it both way there is not much difference but I am more of a butter person so I tend to use butter more than shortening.