Hot take: I finally nailed my grandma's biscuit recipe after 20 years of dense hockey pucks.

The trick was using frozen butter and grating it into the flour, which I tried last Sunday. Has anyone else had a family recipe that just wouldn't work until one small change?

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dakota_nelson435d ago

Honestly I think people overcomplicate family recipes. My grandma's biscuits were perfect every time and she just used room temp Crisco, nothing fancy. All this grating frozen butter feels like a food trend, not real cooking. Sometimes the problem isn't the recipe, it's the baker not having a light enough touch with the dough. Why fix what isn't broken?

pat_schmidt605d ago

My buddy tried to make his mom's pie crust with frozen butter because some chef said to, and it was a total mess. He went back to her simple shortening recipe and it worked perfectly. Guess some things just don't need updating.