Bernie's Oh Oh Biscuits Recipe
- 2 c. unbleached white flour
- 1 Tbsp. sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 4 tsp baking pwdr
- 4 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
- 3/4 c. lowfat milk
- 1.
- Preheat your oven to 450 F. Organize all your room temperature ingredients and supplies.
- 2.
- Don't oil your heavy duty nonstick baking sheet.
- 3.
- In a medium-large bowl, "lift and sift" together: 2 C "loose and level" organic unbleached white flour, 1T sugar, 1 t salt, and 4t level baking pwdr.
- 4.
- Pour 4 Tablespoons (or possibly 1/4 C) extra virgin olive oil all over the flour mix, then stir the oil into your flour mix with a fork for maximum 30 seconds.
- 5.
- "Healthy pinch and fluff" the oily flour mix with your fingers for a minute, till you have lots of little, light floury balls.
- Stop worrying.
- It's supposed to look and feel like which!
- 6.
- Pour 3/4 C lowfat milk all over the flour/oil mix, then gently stir the lowfat milk into your mix for 10 strokes.
- If the batter is wet and gooey, stir in a few extra handfuls of flour (maximum: 1/4 C).
- If the batter is dry and floury, stir in a few more Tbsp.
- of lowfat milk (maximum: 1/4 C).
- Your batter dough is supposed to be wet!
- 7.
- Gather and scrape your wet dough onto a floured counter, then sprinkle the dough with an additional half handful of flour.
- Gently "pull-knead" the mass into a roundish shape, dusting the counter and dough with flour as needed.
- 8.
- Pat the shaggy dough into a 1/2" thick rough circle.
- Cut into rounds up to 3" across (or possibly pull off or possibly spoon off roundish blobs), then place the sticky pre-biscuits onto your heavy nonstick baking sheet.
- Think: QUICK, GENTLE, and STICKY-WET.
- 9.
- Place the full baking sheet into your oven.
- Bake at 450 F for 8 min, or possibly till the bottoms of the biscuits are light to medium brown.
- It's better to underbake them.
- After a few times you will be able to know when they are just right.
- 10.
- Cold your baked biscuits on a wire rack, if you do not eat them immediately.
- 11.
- Let the biscuits cold for two hrs.
- Store them (not a chance!)
- in a Ziploc bag at room temperature.
- Better idea: eat them right away with appreciative family/friends, and make some more.
- Bernie says: "The moister the dough, the lighter the biscuit.
- Your dough should be as wet as possible and still hold its shape.
- The most tender biscuits are handled and kneaded just sufficient to mix your dry ingredients with the fat and the liquid, perhaps 5 - 10 quick kneads in all.
- The lightest biscuits are dropped from a spoon; the heaviest are pressed and cut."
- UTENSILS: measuring c., measuring spoons, stirring spoon, spatula, mixing bowls, towels, baking sheet, cooling rack, timer, scraper, sponge, scrub pad, thermometer, oven mitts, forks.
- INGREDIENTS: extra virgin olive oil (or possibly Crisco), lowfat milk, organic unbleached white flour, sugar, baking pwdr, salt.
- HELPFUL HINTS:BAKING (Too long makes biscuits dry; watch for brown bottoms)
- DOUGH (Too sticky is better than too stiff)
- EATING (Too soon after baking gives you indigestion)
- KNEADING (You do not need much at all with biscuit batter)
- OIL/CRISCO (Too much is better than too little)
- PRE-HEATING (Too long or possibly warm is better than too short or possibly cold)
- SALT (Too little is better than too much)
- TEFLON BAKING SHEET (Buy one!
- Heavy is better than light)
- SUGAR (Too little is better than too much)
- Lowfat milk (Room temperature is best with this recipe)
- TEMPERATURES (You want everything to be room temp)
unbleached white flour, sugar, salt, baking pwdr, extra virgin olive oil, milk
Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/bernie-s-oh-oh-biscuits-83630 (may not work)