Mom's Homemade Southern Biscuits Recipe

[splf]

There's nothing that brings family and people together more than sharing the experience of cooking. There's so much value in sharing these little tips that get past from generation to generation, slowly evolving but strengthening the connections with those we love. That's why you have to do it with tons of love, and you see that here! Awesome!

[brawyn777]

God bless her,you sure dont see baking like this anymore,so nice to have a video of your mother as well,i lost my mom to cancer 11 years ago,and not a day goes by that i dont miss her,hope we all me again in heaven,where we never have to part ways again

[sexyones09]

6 people rather have rock hard biscuits!

[lkliberty1]

Thank you for this video, it took me 20 years to perfect my sausage gravy recipe and I am still struggling with biscuits from scratch. By watching this I am sure I have been over working the dough, I have been making some great hockey pucks though... lol. wish me luck. Tania

[bakaboy2000]

"Have a Happy Christmas with yo biscuits!". Love it. I'm glad you still have this vid.

[mr59mr]

Thank you so much

[smnslyr]

she is so sweet. i had a sainted aunt, who gave me a couple recipes without measurements. she just expected you to already know how much of this or that. i love her! she used her hands because that was how she could tell it was right! :) i want to know her recipe (or whatever she says to do! lol) for the hoe cakes..

[Bowfinger6383]

Bless her heart, reminds me of my grandma making cookies, her cookies were awesome. the paper did an artical on her cookies, called her the cookie lady of Salt Lake City. thank you.

[TheWeeChef]

hello goodness!

[NightRaven5]

Thank you for sharing this, it reminds me of my Mom, especially the Hoecake part!! Treasure this always!!

[katydid26]

Awww, bless her! She cooked just like my mother and my grandmother. They rarely measured ANYTHING... just eyeballed it... and the food came out wonderful! When I ask my mom (nearly 90 years old now) how she used to make something, her answer is always like, "Well, I put a heaping spoonful of this and a chunk of that....." Needless to say, I don't dare try since I don't have the exact measurements. Thank you SO MUCH for posting this! Your mother was adorable. :)

[datzfast]

they used to shift the bugs out of flour and the oldies still do to this day.

[ruxtondrive]

Wonderful good food.

[MsEmonie1]

Thanks for sharing your mother's recipe! This reminds me of my mother when she baked her biscuits, and I also lost my mother in 2006. My mother nearly prepared hers the same way, and now I can bake biscuits the old Southern way!

[fabianstraregy]

I love grand ma's .

[andrewrueff]

Fantastic recipe! I'm from Mississippi, my grandmother died when I was young but my mother talks about how she would wake up at 6:00am and make these every day. Thank you so much for sharing.

[WORRO01]

God bless you, and thanks for sharing your Family with mine. Your Momma makes biscuits like my Dear ol Momma. You'll see them again soon bud...... Thumbs UP video!!!

[woodsinme]

My grandma used to make me Johnny cakes and fried pies. Thanks for sharing the video.

[MrRoachiee3]

@woodsinme now where are you from? johnny cakes? you must be from the Bahamas. or the turks n cacios....

[woodsinme]

@MrRoachiee3 No, 12th generation American from north Georgia. My grandmother would wipe off a spot on her wood stove and cook the left over biscuit dough on top of it. I guess it got me out from under her feet!

[MrRoachiee3]

@woodsinme oh my days, are you related to the gullah and gee chee people of that region?

funny thing is, as a bahamian, i wanted to trace where our liniage spawn from in the west.

and the lingua we use is not like that of a jamaican or other west indian people. we speak exactly ;ike the gullah people. but maaaan, johnny cake????? we eat that with boil fish(grouper) or stewed fish made by browning flower.

do you eat fritters? like conch fritters?

[rkeesee916]

thanks for sharing this awesome video. Sorry about your loss, your nana really rocks!!

[SuperNuela]

respect man!

[iAmQueenBobbi]

how sweet

[MrSexxxy20]

This makes me miss my grandmother :-( Looooooved this video though. This is how you make biscuits!

[christschool]

My goodness, your brother died 2 months after this video was posted. How tragic. Did you know when you posted this video that he had cancer?

[DAIBLA81]

Now that is a real Cook!! she remainds me so much of my granma she never measured anything & everything is always delicious. Love this video I will definitely make these.

[minkyblack]

that was so sweet! the old way of cooking with "a little of this and a little of that" ..these old time cooks didn't need to measure stuff to make a feast....glad you have this video of her to share...

[SuzieLady]

You didnt show the finished biscuits but thanks for sharing this treasured vid of ur mum...how fortunate you are that you have this to keep and show her grandchildren :)

[Claretcross]

I Love this video.. It made me miss my mom and watching her cook .. She also measured... " About this much ".... ! LOL !

[MegaTaraNator]

This is the way that my grandmother taught me to make biscuits. Matter of fact, I just made some about an hour ago. Yum!

White Lily flour all the way! :-)

[Xweighted1]

Thank you so much for this video. I have always been so intimidated to even try to make biscuits. Thank you for the step by step instructions, I cant wait to give them a try. God bless.  RIP

[Xweighted1]

@joeschmojo Just what I needed to hear Joe as I get ready to give it a try for the very first time ever. TY

[hawkechik]

Kinda puts the lie to all that "don't mess with the dough" business that the food mavens tout, doesn't it :-)?

[AirstripBum]

This is beautiful. Family is so important.

[pinkpanthersmokes]

she's so sweet and adorable.

[dentena]

This is Priceless...sure wish I had a video of my sweet Mamaw making them. A great way to remember mamma!

I'm making them now with this very video:)

[vyb1516]

This is exactly how my mom and my granny makes biscuits. Now I make them..they are soo good!!

[ATUTINA]

I LOVEEE THIS

could you write the recipe because sometimes i can't really her your mother's voice and i relly would like to make your mom's treat at my home!thanksss

[seanviv2]

look at that old tupper ware container wow I love this video of a very sweet and such a darling lady...

[confessionalbooth]

Holyshit that's a lot of Crisco!

[mzkay478]

thats how my grandma made biscuits too....with some sausage gravy or sugar can syrup

[shizzle5150]

HAHA, when my mother asked my grandma on my dads side how she made her biscuts, she always got mad because my grandma never gave any measurements other than "a couple hand fulls of this, couple hand fulls of that" She never had a set amount of anything and was simply using the consistency as the gauge.

[dadldew]

I am blessed, I married a country girl from Callahan, Florida and she bakes and cooks for me whenever I ask. Meatloaf, biscuits, cornbread, baked or fried chicken and mashed potatoes. green beans, corn on the cob, lima beans. She even used to work for Quincy's and makes sweet yeast rolls that taste just like them. When she bakes rolls, she also makes home made hot-dog and burger buns too. Bread, casseroles, gravies, pies, cakes. Man oh man a country cooking wife is a blessing. 25 years.

[kmjryoachum]

@dadldew where can i find a recipe for yeast rolls. we are here in jax, fl and quincy rolls were my hubbys favorites....

[2bprudent]

@dadldew You have a very good wife. God bless the both of you.

[BobbyHacker]

"Go have a happy Christmas with your biscuits."

Love this video.

[FarmbootsWA]

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[lauradavis1975]

I love that old bread bowl, she mixed them up in.

[MrMariopro]

i dont think u used enough crisco! XD

[akemisue]

Love it...old school...just like my czech grandma from minnesota..."a little of this a little of that". thanks for filiming her. please do it again. would love to see her make some gravy.

[crystalshatz]

"you'll have it all in and ready to roll" she said some of the cutest little things :) "have a happy christmas with your biscuits"

[crystalshatz]

"you'll have it all in and ready to roll" she said some of the cutest little things :)

[ruxtondrive]

WONDERFUL, A BLESSING TO HAVE FOLKS LIKE THIS.

[KissHope]

Wonderful video, my mother made them the same way in a bowl and used the same sifter, which I now have. Watching this really made me miss my mothers hands. My condolences for the loss of both of your family members.

[lanegjones]

Great Video !!!

[streetxtc]

you used enough trans fat wowwwwwww

[streetxtc]

think you used enough trans fat, wowwwwww 

[streetxtc]

she had enough trans fat in there to give all of us a heart attack . did you see all that shortening , wowwww

[97WarriorGrad]

This video warms my heart and I truly believe more like this should be made. Countless documentaries have been made detailing how men dealt with unemployment during the Great Depression and selfless sacrifices in World War II, but not many documentaries detail how the women dealt with food shortages, cooking great meals with what little they had in their pantries. God bless the Greatest Generation!

[dopat94044]

My mom was from Texas and made the best biscuits. Unfortunately, I only ate them and never learned how.  It seems to me, though, that she used baking powder also.

[ustle]

She seems like such a sweet lady. You are lucky to have her for a Mom!

[candlesburn]

What a sweet lady!!

[2000gino]

This lady knows how to make bread..Her son needs to quite complaing bout the camera....

[goodkidz]

sweet lady. I need to buy a sifter. I would rather use butter or lard, because crisco shortening  is 100% partially hydrogenated. lot of crisco in places like arkansas...

[sweetasteofyouby3n3]

I used to make make biscuits all of the time, but now it has been so long...I love the smell of fresh baked goods. It reminds me of my parents. Such a comforting and welcoming feeling. Thanks for taking the time to post this video.

[EloquentChaos]

She is absolutely ah-mazing. I wasn't born in the South, but I'd like to think sometimes that in another life I was. There is just something about the South that calls to me and it's women like your mother that cement the fact that certain traditions are unbreakable. When I make these, I'll be sure to think of your mother and the amazing person she must have been.

[MistahDude]

The South isnt that much of a great place. I lived there and it was horrible. The only thing I liked was the fantastic food.

[dsbigden]

This really choked me up. I would give anything to enjoy my mom's cooking just one more time, even if it was on video.

[mattwilliams5]

God bless you for that treasure!! You don't see cooking like that anymore!! Peace and Respect

[powerplantop]

I wish that I would have filmed how my Moma made Biscuits.

[ShinjuHoshi]

what a hoe cake?

[Eero59]

Very nice! But show the baked result.

[Aethnen]

Wonderful! This is how my great-grandmother and great-aunt (from NC) make them -- almost identical. :D Thank you for doing this.

[jenn04071965]

What a treasure. Thanks for sharing !

[NelnetDude]

Thank you!

[MsCMR80]

lovely lady! thanks for sharing :)

Greetings from Dublin, Ireland.

[Angel9mc2]

I am an Italian boy .. Thursday and I cook these biscuits for my fucking fat prof. .. thanks for the help

[akilijata]

Awesome video. Reminds me of how my mama makes them. Thank you!

[beardedoneder]

Chills up my spine. All of that vegetable oil can not possibly can NOT possibly be healthy.

[DammitDrag]

@beardedoneder .... Stop worrying about "good for you" I've eaten biscuits exactly like that for 62 years and there's nothing wrong with me.

[clapolla]

@beardedoneder ... most southern recipes aren't healthy, you idiot, which is why they're sooooo good and why the south is known for it's wonderful food. If you want "healthy", stay out in California and eat your bean sprouts.

[seanviv2]

what a sweetie

[Joguecas]

not salt, baking soda and baking powder ?

Very nice video.

[beardedoneder]

@Joguecas Self rising flour already has the baking powder in it.

[clapolla]

Absolutely Priceless!

Where was your mother from?

[NelnetDude]

South Carolina

[KcLegendary]

Excellent.

[Xomanowar99]

LOve biscuits. Mine always taste like shit.....:-(

[RalphColmar]

Wow! This looks similar to the way scones are made in England your moms biscuits look yummy just in the making :-)

[Freesia120]

Scones & Biscuits are the same thing only have different names.Reminds me of when I asked a sales assistant for shortening in Tesco & Sainsbury's..nobody had a clue what I was talking about until I later found out you call it Lard in the UK

[tubbrock]

absolutely wonderful...

[charityGSHS]

Thank you so much for sharing this. Your mother seems like such a sweet lady. God Bless your family.

[mtt464]

What a sweet lady. I lost my Mom to cancer last year, and it reminded me of her. Thanks for posting.

[uptownbronze]

I'm from Greenville orginally. And I cant make bisquits to save my life! Very sad.

[HHHdahman]

If you aint a southern black or white woman, you cant make biscuits -D

[brandohuff96]

why are grandmas so good at cooking

[WarpAssassin]

I'm a Chef and a biscuit lover living 30 miles North of New Orleans and I would like to honestly say that her simple approach to her biscuits are probably a lost and forgotten art of controlling your ingredients. She has it all figured out with not overworking your dough, that is a mistake with many cooks make. Allowing the Crisco to gently incorporate is key.

Thank you and your brother for having such a wonderful person in your lives to share with the entire world.

Charlie

[grimonology]

What an Excellent video , the biscuits looked great! , these types of videos are what make Youtube so great.

Hope everyone remembers their Grandmothers just like this , i know i sure do.

Thankyou for the post

[SimplyRebecca66]

That last part reminded me of my grandmothers. I miss them both so much. What a wonderful video.

[nine110]

Love is in those hands. This such a beautiful video. The patience and direction in her voice is so genuine and pure. It's way beyond a cooking video, its a testament to grace and nourishing the soul. I lost my mother about 9 years ago, and she was a line cook at a base. She loved to cook homemade pies and cakes. Thank you for posting this video. [tears welling...]

[electronictrip]

such a darlin southern woman.  my mom , my mam-maw, my greatgrandmother, great aunt ALL stayed in their housecoat till noon on Saturdays !

[udder777]

omg is she sweet

[honeyandsam]

one more tip teaandbikkies, I useually cut my crisco in with a fork then add my buttermilk.I always dilute my buttermilk with about a quarter water,my grandmother said if you didn't it would make your biscuits sad(meaning they wouldn't rise as high)

[honeyandsam]

soft winter wheat flour is grown in milder climates,has lower protein&glutten so it is more tender.Cake flour is fine. Use self rising or add 1 1/2 tea baking powder & 1/2 tea salt to one cup of plain cake flour.criso is solid veg shortening,my great grandmother used lard,but I have never tried that.Goodluck! my email is pitsrpetstoo at aol if you need more help.most important just be gentle,if you over mix it will develop the glutten like bread. These should be very light.

[spurmag86]

Sorry to hear about your family. Indeed your brother did have great foresight 'cause I've been trying to learn to make biscuits so long and this looks relatively easy. Thank you.

[honeyandsam]

If you want real southern biscuits do them just like this . This is how my mother and nana made them. Couple of hints, must use Red band, white lilly or tube rose flour,has to be soft winter wheat flour.Notice how gentile she was with the dough,if you over work it they will be tough.If you like softer biscuits use less crisco, they will be more cake like and not as crispy. Thanks for posting your family teasure!

[teaandbikkies2]

whats the difference between a soft winter wheat flour and normal SR flour, is it like cake flour??? and whats crisco shortening??? is that like dripping or lard or vegetable shortening, or something else??? :)

[KingKongFan]

Perfect...just perfect! Thanks very much for posting this video.

[DollieS67]

This is great! Long ago I was shown how to do this with 3 simple ingredients, and I've tried to remember exactly how since then.  Thanks for sharing your Mom!

[Digitalbumpin]

Why do you sift? I have never seen an explanation of that. Is it just to separate the flour?

[Ummiyusuf]

You don't HAVE to sift for this type of recipe but sifting in general removes any lumps and if you add the baking powder and salt (which are VERY important as well as sugar), if you add them in the sifter to both removes lumps and mixes the dry ingredients.

[Ummiyusuf]

then again i dont think my version taste like french pastry so ...you can try it both ways

[KingKongFan]

Part of the tradition of sifting is not only to put air into flour, but also because at one time most flour--stored in bins--had bugs, husks, pebbles and bits.

[lehcareaj]

it also makes your flour more fine

[bearbotero]

great class.but i did not see her using any baking powder.isn't that any to use?

thanks. bear.

[nemo1620]

At 0:18, she says that she uses Red Band self-rising flour, so she needn't add baking powder or salt.

[jadedbutrfli]

Thanx 4 sharing that was priceless.

[scared5hitless]

awhhh..what a sweet sweet lady she was, I just feel like I know her for some reason...my God here i have been so mean and nasty all my life but for some reason after seeing your dear sweet mama, I feel so different about my life. she must of been really loved by the folks in town. I can see that. well, i just tried the recipe and you wasnt lying! they are the best and I am sitting here at 2;26 am eating her biscuits with some jam and butter. I'll have to call these "sweetmamas biscuits" Godbless

[teazandzkrumpetz]

mmmmmmmm i love them biscuits

[slay63]

Thanx for sharing this video, watched my grandma make biscuits like this many times. She passed away sept/2003..I miss her!! and by the way my biscuits dont turn out great like hers did!!

[biolectron]

great lookin Southern biscuits, made the real way.

[MissNgati]

What a great video! ...

[tsusan04]

Great instructions! I think I can make them now.. thank you! sweet lady too!

[kg4yvw]

Thanks for the video posting! I think I'm ready to make my "first" batch of Biscuits now

[lese91]

your mom was such a cutie! she reminds me of my great grandmother that died about 5 years ago! this is a great video, but i doubt i will never be able to make good biscuits! it seems like women from that era were just naturally amazing cooks! well, your mom seems so sweet, and i know you will miss her forever, and thank you for this video!

[foots7]

After 20 years of trying to learn to cook biscuits I could not beleive my eyes when I opened the oven. I am a biscuit freek and I judge all resterants by the quality of there biscuits. I have made the best biscuits that I have ever put in my mouth. This is a great great thing. God bless your mom she will be missed.

[69adrummer]

I had to return and share with you that my mom passed away Dec 18th. You and I shared a brief discourse and I want you to know that it meant a lot to me!! Hope you are well and had a good Christmas!! Happy New Year!! Cheers!

[alphaursus]

I am going to give these homemade biscuits a try this Christmas. I will do them in memory of my momma as well as yours. But if they don't turn out, I'll not mention either one of them "LOL" I promise!

When I watched her, it was just like watching my momma. Thank you and David for that!

[NelnetDude]

Good luck! If they end up tasting even close to what Mom's tasted like, they'll be excellent! Best wishes and God bless!

[magnoliasouth]

What a lovely and sweet video. Your mother was a real gem. What a sweet woman! She reminds me very much of my grandmother! Same accent, robe, sweet Christian faith, delicious biscuits and they're only 3 years apart in age too! :) Although unfortunately for me, I never got to learn from my grandmother so I'm very grateful to you and your mother for sharing her family secret. I know you must miss her fiercely. Many hugs to you and your family, and thank you for sharing your memories with us here.

[doricebaty]

Thank-you for this video.

[NanceeLL]

She is so cute and sweet I love to hear her talk as she is baking.....Would be nice to set down and have a cup of coffe and watch her..Thank you sharing! Put a smile on my face..

[ReasonForPawsDotCom]

Thank you. She was a very nice, Christian woman and a SUPER parent. BTW: my brother David sounds like he's in a bad mood as he filmed this is 1996. But don't let that mislead you. He, too, was wonderful! David Wood Lindley 1950-1971. Gertrude Hall Lindley 1918-2003.

[NelnetDude]

Correction: David passed away 2007. Not 1971.

[alphaursus]

God bless you and your family this Christmas!

I am a 44 yr. old man and almost cried like a baby watching your momma. I used to stand over my mommas shoulder and was always amazed at her cooking. Including her biscuits. I miss my Momma terribly as I know you also miss yours. It is much tougher at Christmas. The reason for the season is the greatest gift anyone can receive!

[GuyJon57]

Thatnks for sharing. Your mother sounds sweet and giving, she is in God's memory she will be back on God's Paradise earth where she will make more biscuits for all us to to enjoy! "Do not marvel at this, because the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice and come out, those who did good things to a resurrection of life, those who practiced vile things to a resurrection of judgment". John 5:28

[ReasonForPawsDotCom]

Thanks! God bless you. Your comments mean MUCH to me! Also, my brother, David, who made this video in 1996 died Sept 1st of Lung Cancer. he was a non-smoker and a non-drinker. A good man indeed! God bless David!

[69adrummer]

NelnetDude, sorry first off for your loss. I'm watching my own mom fade with Pancreatic cancer and I'm glad I spent some time at the hem of her apron as a young kid! Thank you for sharing this video with us! *hard to type, can't see through teary eyes* Again thanks! Sometimes the simplest things like our Mom's cooking keep them closer than we know! Cheers!

[NelnetDude]

Thanks for your nice posting and God bless you. By the way my brother David, who took this video, died of lung cancer 3 weeks ago at the age of 56. He was a non-smoker. Life is short.

[rebeccajoy77]

any idea what year this was recorded?

[NelnetDude]

1996 to be exact.

[rebeccajoy77]

this is great! i'm trying it out SOON!!! thanks for adding it! :)

[NelnetDude]

Send me a biscuit with butter when you get them ready!!