My dad made the world's best biscuits. His recipe was simple, but mine never turn out as good as he made. Mix buttermilk, self rising flour and salt and form biscuits by hand. You want it to be on the moist side. Place the biscuits on a greased platter, then turn them over--that greases the tops. Bake. Try it--they are great and I'd appreciate feedback if you make them.

Obviously you never tasted my grandmother's biscuits. I swear I could stand side by side with my grandmother and make biscuits step by step with her and mine would NEVER come out as good as hers.

My grandmother made the world's best rolls/biscuits. They were cooked on a sheet or in a baking pan and placed close enough together that they were all connected when done baking and had to be pulled apart. She put a tiny amount of sugar in the mixture, giving them a very slight sweet flavor. Three female children, and more grandchildren and no one got the recipe. I regret it to this day.

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Originally posted by ForrestB:
I swear I could stand side by side with my grandmother and make biscuits step by step with her and mine would NEVER come out as good as hers.

Try wearing an apron and putting your hair in rollers......see if that helps. You might want to practice your technique at home, before trying it in deer camp.

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Try wearing an apron and putting your hair in rollers......

I dunno, those rollers might be uncomfortable in his shorts.........

I think a youtube demonstration of the roller and apron technique is needed.

As a bachelor I did learn a neat trick for biscuits. I'm the sort who likes most any sort of food a bit undercooked and certainly not at all overcooked. I hate biscuits with crusty or burned bottoms. I also hate doing dishes. Dual solution is to simply place tin foil and nothing else on the oven rack. No cookie sheet or baking pan at all, just a sheet of tin foil. Put biscuits as normal and the bottoms will mirror the tops. You can also remove the tin foil without oven mitts and cleanup or storage is a snap.

Mike, I'd wear my grandmother's underwear if I thought it could deliver a batch of her biscuits for me.

Gato, just like you described, my grandmother put her biscuits close together in a hot iron skillet or in a baking pan that has been oiled and heated in an oven until the oil starts to shimmer. She would bake them at 500 degrees for only 8-10 minutes.

She only used W-R flour and added a bit of extra baking powder. I think the key is the flour and how little she handled the dough once it was mixed.

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Originally posted by carpetman1:
My dad made the world's best biscuits. His recipe was simple, but mine never turn out as good as he made. Mix buttermilk, self rising flour and salt and form biscuits by hand. You want it to be on the moist side. Place the biscuits on a greased platter, then turn them over--that greases the tops. Bake. Try it--they are great and I'd appreciate feedback if you make them.

Try adding a tiny bit of acetic acid (vinegar) in with the buttermilk when you are mixing it into the dry ingredients, the acid sours the milk a bit, which makes for super fluffy flaky biscuits....I know it works for my mom's recipe! She also does this when making pies, she has some of the flakiest pie crust I've ever eaten!