And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Sunday, November 24, 2013
Biscuits in the big skillet
The wife took Doug, our sourdough starter, and used him to make this, a lovely batch of biscuits in the large Lodge skillet.
Mix 1 Tbsp dry yeast in 1/4 cup warm water, and add a dash of sugar. cover and let alone until it foams. In another bowl, Mix 1 cup warm milk, 1 and a half Tbsp butter, 1 Tbsp sugar and an egg, stir well. Then, add 1 and 1/2 cup of flour, stir together, then add yeast mixture, and stir, then another 1 and 1/2 cups flour. Keep adding a little flour until the ball of dough doesn't stick. Put the dough in a bowl and let it rise until about doubled. Rise time will depend on the quality of your yeast and the temperature of the room. After you are satisfied with the rise, pinch off into biscuits and put them in the skillet or dutch oven and let them rise some more. They should end up packed together. Finally, bake at 350 until you like their looks. Cool, and eat. Modify sugar or butter in the recipe to make them more or less sweet/buttery.
One of the closest things to heaven.
ReplyDeleteThey look good now we need some gravy.
ReplyDeleteYummy!!!
ReplyDeleteSure would like that recipe...
ReplyDeleteMix 1 Tbsp dry yeast in 1/4 cup warm water, and add a dash of sugar. cover and let alone until it foams. In another bowl, Mix 1 cup warm milk, 1 and a half Tbsp butter, 1 Tbsp sugar and an egg, stir well. Then, add 1 and 1/2 cup of flour, stir together, then add yeast mixture, and stir, then another 1 and 1/2 cups flour. Keep adding a little flour until the ball of dough doesn't stick. Put the dough in a bowl and let it rise until about doubled. Rise time will depend on the quality of your yeast and the temperature of the room.
DeleteAfter you are satisfied with the rise, pinch off into biscuits and put them in the skillet or dutch oven and let them rise some more. They should end up packed together. Finally, bake at 350 until you like their looks. Cool, and eat. Modify sugar or butter in the recipe to make them more or less sweet/buttery.
Now, stevierayv has to give us his gravy recipe!