Baking Powder Biscuits

 My Grandma Bessie was the Biscuit Lady in our community for years...she made biscuits by the dozens for local Church's!  I have her original recipe and watched her make them many times and felt like I had perfected her technique!

 Recently I made a batch of biscuits, for strawberry shortcake, and they just were not right...I checked the date on the baking powder and it was good until December but I was convinced it wasn't fresh.  I went on a hunt to find a baking powder with a better seal and I stumbled upon Bakewell and as you can see the can has an old-fashioned metal sealed lid.

I am a believer of the Bakewell Baking Powder and the biscuits were light and fluffy!!!

I would guess that Grandma Bessie used baking powder in a similar styled can with metal lid that actually seals well!

Wish I could serve Grandma Bessie one of these biscuits...she would love a strawberry shortcake with fresh cream from the milkman...not whipped, of course.

Thanks for all the memories Grandma Bessie and I love you and we will meet up again one day!!!

Grandma Bessie's Biscuits

 My Mom's Mother, Grandma Bessie, was well known in our community as the biscuit maker.  She made her famous biscuits for special events at two local church's!

She called them "Short Cake" and passed the recipe down to her family...thank you so much sweet Grandma Bessie...I know you are looking down with delight knowing that your recipe is being carried on to the next generation!!!

"Short Cake":

2 cups sifted flour

4 teaspoons baking powder

1 tablespoon sugar

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup solid Crisco

1 egg, beaten

3/4 cup milk

Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together.

Cut in the Crisco

Combine the egg & milk and add to above mixture until all is moistened

Pat out on floured mat and cut with a biscuit cutter

Bake at 425 degrees for about 15-18 minutes

Enjoy~

Strawberry Shortcake

I had a few strawberries in the fridge and wanted to use them before they went bad so decided to make some baking powder biscuits (using my Grandma Bessie's recipe)! The strawberries just aren't the best yet, but come the end of June our local berries will be ripe and oh so good and juicy!

It is a tradition, passed down from Grandma Bessie, to pour (yes, pour) whipping cream over the strawberry shortcake and my oh my is it a tasty treat. My husband and two sons-in-law don't pour the cream over their shortcake, just plain for the men! We girls, on the other hand, go for the high fat cream with absolute delight!

The shortcake is topped off with a garnish of homegrown mint and a little violet.