Grandma Biscuits

I have fond memories from my childhood of traveling to Oregon to visit my Great Grandparents.  I remember every corner of that house.  Including the Moose or Elk head that was at the top of the stairs.  I remember my Uncle Cecil telling me it was a haunted head and always thinking it was watching me as I ran past it.

I always remember my Grandpa sitting in his chair with his spittoon next to him, watching Hee Haw.  The kitchen was the heart of the home and I'm not sure I ever saw my Grandma anywhere but in there.  The  giant table in the middle of the room always had food on it.  She was always asking if we were hungry or if she could fix us something.  They were amazing people and I miss them dearly.  I feel bad for my younger cousins that never got to meet or know them.

I called them my Biscuit Grandpa and Grandma because that is what I remember most.  Thin, crisp biscuits.  I've been wanting to try to make them but they will never live up to the memories.  Here is my attempt and the recipe I made up.  I don't think the recipe was ever written down, or did she ever measure anything.  She just knew how to make them.

Grandma Biscuits
2 cups All Purpose Flour  (I was told to use Self Rising Flour but I didn't have any.  If you use self rising, do not at the Baking Powder)
2 1/2 tsps Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Salt
1 tsp Baking Soda
1 cup Buttermilk
Bacon Drippings

Bake some bacon on a sheet pan.  I baked mine at 400 for 25 or so minutes.  Mmmmm Bacon!

Sift the Flour, Baking Powder, Salt, and Baking Soda into a bowl.  Add the buttermilk and mix with wooden spoon until it comes together.  Dump the dough out onto a floured surface and knead for just a few minutes.

Roll the dough out as thin or as thick as you like.  I like mine thin and crispy so I rolled mine pretty thin, probably 1/4 of an inch.

I used a drinking glass to cut out my biscuits.

Remove the bacon from the pan and use the drippings to coat both sides of the biscuits.

For these thin ones, I baked them at 350 for 20 minutes.  I ate my first one straight out of the oven and as it burned my fingers I was in heaven.  So crispy and really tasted a lot like I remembered.