I am not really sure where the 1933 biscuit recipe originated from. It has been in my files for many years. Yesterday I did something I have not done in years. I made a single recipe of biscuits! That’s an accomplishment for me! Below I will share the single recipe and then my Redding size batch that I used while I was raising my family.
A Little Family Trivia
This is not my grandmother’s recipe but I do remember seeing my mom and my grandmother make biscuits. They started with a huge bowl of flour and then made a well in the middle and added the ingredients and slowly mixed it by hand. I am not sure if they measured the ingredients beforehand or by instinct knew exactly how to make them. My dad called these pinching biscuits. Still makes me smile. If any of you have heard of pinching biscuits please let me know.
1933 Biscuits Ingredients:
2 cups sifted flour
2 tsp. baking powder
4 tablespoons butter or shortening
1/2 tsp. salt
about 3/4 cup milk
Sift flour once, measure, add the baking soda and salt, and sift again. This will make your biscuits lighter or softer. Cut in shortening or butter using a pastry cutter or I use my hands by rubbing the butter into the flour until it is like tiny pebbles. Add the milk gradually, stirring until a soft dough is formed. Turn out on lightly floured board and lightly “knead” for 30 seconds, enough to shape. Roll 1/2 inch thick and cut with 2 inch floured biscuit cutter. Bake on an ungreased baking sheet in a 400° oven for 12-15 minutes. Makes 6 biscuits.
Redding Family Ingredient Amounts
This makes a lot of biscuits! Enough biscuits in fact to feed 8 hungry boys and maybe a few girls.
8 cups flour
8 tsp. baking powder
16 tablespoons shortening
2 tsp. salt
3 cups of milk
For this Redding size batch proceed with the directions from above.
Enjoy your hot biscuits with honey butter or strawberry jam! Yum!
Below you can find a link to another biscuit recipe I have used.
https://redaredding.com/homemade-biscuits/
Happy Baking!