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Homemade Butter Biscuits

Homemade Butter Biscuits {aka Big Momo’s Biscuits}

Great Grandmother on the Farm

This little girl used to help her great-grandmother on her Mermentau farm.

This little girl used to think that all big white houses with columns were Louisiana Plantations.

And on this farm, with this great-garndmother, this little girl learned to drink “coffee milk” and eat “butter biscuits”.

I’ve told the story before but growing up I had a “Lil Momo” and a “Big Momo”. They were named based on their stature and neither one seemed to really mind being called “big” or “lil”.

This is my Big Momo.

She is responsible for teaching me to drink “coffee milk” which was really milk, sugar and just enough of a splash of coffee to make me feel like I was apart of the adult conversations held around her kitchen table.

She is also responsible for teaching me to dip my biscuit ever so slightly into my coffee milk. Gently enough to moisten the biscuit but without pressure to allow it to crumble into the drink.

Big Momo's Homemade Biscuits

When I asked for her biscuit recipe, there wasn’t one.

And as fond as my memories are of drinking coffee milk and eating butter biscuits I seem to be the only one who shared those moments with her.

After a few attempts at recreating her biscuit recipe, this one seems to do the trick.

Homemade Butter Biscuits

They’re dry and dense. Not flaky.

Perfect for dipping.

And they remind me of sitting at the table with my feet not touching the floor pretending to be one of the grown ups.

Homemade Butter Biscuits
Recipe Type: Breakfast
Author: Aimee
Prep time: 15 mins
Cook time: 15 mins
Total time: 30 mins
Serves: 6
Big Momo’s Biscuits from The Traveling Apron Cookbook.
Ingredients
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tbsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 tbsp granulated sugar
  • 1/3 cup shortening
  • ΒΎ cup milk
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
  2. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar. Cut in the shortening until the mixture resembles coarse bread crumbs. Gradually stir in milk until dough pulls away from the side of the bowl.
  3. Turn out the dough onto a heavily floured surface, let sit for a couple of minutes then knead 15 to 20 times. Pat or roll dough out to 1 inch thick. Cut biscuits with a floured biscuit cutter or juice glass dipped in flour. Repeat until all dough is used. Brush off the excess flour, and place biscuits onto an ungreased baking sheet.
  4. Bake for 13 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven, or until edges begin to brown.
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And yes, I totally realize that today is Tuesday and I’m supposed to post cookbook sneak peeks on Monday.

But yesterday involved a meeting with the closet installer and a melt down in Sherwin Williams.

Let the record state that choosing a creamy white paint for kitchen cabinets is 10 times harder than it was choosing the cover of my cookbook.

The end.

I have a St. Patrick’s Day adult beverage coming up for you next.

It’s a goodie.

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Southern born and raised, Aimee enjoys living life in the deep South with husband Brian and Cavalier King Charles Spaniels Milo, Murph, Tucker, newest addition Queen Bea + their occasional foster dog. A graduate of Louisiana College, she once haphazardly traded in a career in corporate insurance for the aprons and ovens of her kitchen. AimeeBroussard.com is the online diary of her journey as an award-winning cookie creator and two-time cookbook author.

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  1. andie says

    March 12, 2014 at 11:43 am

    My MaMa T used to make me “coffee milk” too and she would make me what I called “pa pa zu” (pain perdu) to eat for breakfast with it. She did it for the same reason, so I would feel all special and grown up with her and my mom while they had coffee and chatted at the kitchen table. πŸ™‚

    and I’m glad I’m not the only one who had an interesting name for her grandmother. I called my other grandma “MaMa Boots” because she wore rubber boots a lot. πŸ™‚

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    • Aimee says

      March 12, 2014 at 8:59 pm

      Oh, I love it!!! Thanks for sharing your “coffee milk” story- made my night!

      Reply
  2. Melanie says

    March 12, 2014 at 1:21 pm

    I so need a biscuit recipe and this looks perfect! It also looks like it’ll be dangerous as I will want to eat every last one!

    Reply
    • Aimee says

      March 12, 2014 at 9:01 pm

      I tend to think all tried and true recipes are dangerous, but my philosophy is this: if you don’t eat the biscuits with gravy every time then you’re balancing it out. πŸ™‚

      Reply
  3. Emily says

    March 15, 2014 at 9:50 am

    I love love love this story! Definitely going to have to make these biscuits:)

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    • Aimee says

      March 18, 2014 at 8:27 am

      I knew you could probably relate, or would appreciate! I’m trying them with ham & cheese bits this week- I’ll keep you posted!

      Reply

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