You asked for Granny's recipe? I too have asked her over the years, and each one seems slightly different -- her artistic prerogative to improvise --- but this is the recipe Levi, Hope and her whipped up in the kitchen this week. And they ate it with smiles.
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ngredients:
3 cups flour
1/2 cup sugar
2 1/2 tbsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup raisins
4 tbsp butter
1 egg
1 cup milk
Granny --she's 88 now, still living on her own, and flying about the country-- says:
The secret to fluffy biscuits is in the blending -- blend the butter into dry ingredients so that the mixture is to a small pea size. Then add egg/milk and blend lightly, just enough to moisten.
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irections
1.Preheat oven to 350F. Grease a baking sheet.
2.Combine flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. Cut butter in until mixture has a fine crumb texture. Add raisins.
3. Beat 1 egg in 1 cup of milk. Stir in milk with a fork to make a soft dough. Knead a few times.
4. Roll out on floured surfact to a thickness of at least 1/2 inch to 1 inch.
5. Cut into rounds with a cookie cutter or glass.
6. Place on cookie sheet, and bake for 18 to 20 minutes.
Serve warm.... and Levi says with honey and a sweet story or joke.. or two.
Photos: Hope and Granny making Biscuits
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