A three-ingredient biscuit recipe in a Christmas event booklet made me question what I knew about a very basic ingredient: flour. The booklet was published for the 2003 Weihnachtsmarkt, a Christmas ...

There’s nothing like a fresh, homemade biscuit still warm from the oven. The best biscuits are so flaky that you can tear the top and bottom away from each other easily, and there’s a slight crunch on ...

Cut out biscuits with a floured 2-inch round cutter and place in the prepared pan. Gather up any unused dough, press together, and repeat the cutting process. Bake biscuits in the preheated oven until ...

Self-rising flour makes impossibly fluffy pancakes, sky-high biscuits and muffins that rival any bakery’s. But it’s not all that common in recipes, plus it has a short shelf life, so stocking up isn’t ...

The perfect scratch-made biscuits have a delicate balance of airy, fluffy goodness but are hearty enough to stand up to toppings like gravy or a healthy slathering of butter. But how is this soft yet ...

Save yourself a trip to the store with this easy formula for homemade self-rising flour. If you don't bake frequently, it probably isn't practical to keep your pantry stocked with an endless array of ...

A friend bought a bag of self-rising flour to make beer bread. The only other recipe on the bag is for rolls. What else can she do with it? Self-rising flour is all-purpose flour with baking powder ...

Self-rising flour always seems to be that one ingredient in a recipe you don’t have stashed away in the pantry. It is called for in some recipes for pancakes and fried foods, but not so often that you ...