New Orleans luncheon biscuits recipe

Recipe for New Orleans luncheon biscuits in our easy biscuit recipes collection.

Recipe ingredients

• About 3 cups soft, southern wheat flour or all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 1/2 cups plus 1 tablespoon solid vegetable shortening
• 1 to 1 1/4 cups milk
• 3/4 teaspoon fresh lemon juice

How to make New Orleans luncheon biscuits

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Lightly grease 2 baking sheets.
• In medium bowl, combine 3 cups flour, baking powder and salt with a fork.
• Cut shortening into 1 inch cubes. Add shortening cubes to flour mixture.
• Using your fingertips, work shortening into flour mixture until it resembles coarse cornmeal.
• Add 1 cup milk and lemon juice. Using a wooden spoon, gently stir mixture just until all flour is moist and dough is slightly sticky.
• If additional milk is necessary, stir in 1 tablespoon at a time. Turn out dough onto a heavily floured surface.
• Pat out dough into a flat circle about 8 inches in diameter.
• Flour surface of circle. Roll out to a 1/2 inch thick rectangle.
• Fold pastry in half. Line up corners. Reflour surface as necessary.
• With open edge at your right, roll out pastry and fold as before for a total of 4 times.
• When 4 folds have been completed, roll out pastry to 1/2 inch thick.
• Using a 1 1/2 inch biscuit cutter, cut out biscuits. Place biscuits on greased baking sheets.
• Bake in middle of preheated oven until biscuits have risen and are light golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Serve hot.

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