That recipe DOES sound interesting, Jude.
And so do the other winning recipes.
Did you attend the festival?
I believe this is the first
I've ever heard of a biscuit festival.

Is there any place a person might find some of the other reicpes?

Thanks for posting that.

Rusty

Here you go, Rusty. I can't tell you how thrilled I am that I learned how to do this....finally!

If you try any of the recipes, please post how you like them, okay!

jude

Buttermilk-yogurt biscuits

2 cups all purpose flour, unsifted but loose

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

4 tablespoons butter, cold, cut into small pieces

4 tablespoons Crisco, solid, cold, divided into small pieces

1/2 cup buttermilk

1/2 cup yogurt, regular or lowfat

Preheat oven to 425. Sift together the dry ingredients into a large mixing bowl. Using a pastry blender, cut the butter and Crisco into the flour mixture until the butter is reduced to pea-sized pieces and well distributed. Stir buttermilk and yogurt together and add, all at once, to the flour mixture. Toss gently only until all of the flour is moistened. Scrape the loose mass of dough onto a lightly floured board. With floured hands, using a light touch and handling the dough as little as possible, shape the dough into a large ball. Work quickly, gently smoothing the cracks from the surface. The dough should be soft and moist but not wet and hold together well with no stickiness. Do not overwork the dough. With gentle touch, pat the dough out to a one inch round of even thickness. Using a biscuit cutter of choice, cut to desired size, lightly flouring the board and cutter as needed. Place the biscuits, sides touching, into an ungreased baking pan with sides. Bake in the center of he oven for 14-17 minutes or until golden brown.

Source: Doris Bolalek, Greensburtg, Pa., winner of the traditional biscuit category.

Garlic cheddar biscuits

2 cups self-rising flour

1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

1/4 teaspoon sugar

1/4 cup Crisco

1/4 cup buttermilk

1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

2 tablespoons melted butter

1 teaspoon garlic powder

1 teaspoon parsley

Preheat oven to 550 degrees. Sift flour, add garlic powder and sugar, cut in Crisco, stir in buttermilk, cut in cheddar cheese, knead dough, roll out dough, cut out biscuits and put in round, non-stick cake pan. Bake for 8 minutes. Melt butter, mix in garlic powder and brush over cooked biscuits. Sprinkle with parsley.

Source: Parker Davis, Knoxville, winner of the kids biscuit category.

Bacon, lettuce and fried green tomato biscuit with chipotle mayonnaise

Biscuits:

2 cups flour

1 tablespoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon baking powder

4 tablespoons cold shortening

1 cup buttermilk

Fried Green Tomatoes:

2 large or 3 medium green tomatoes

1/4 cup flour

1 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon sugar

1/4 cup vegetable oil

Chipotle Mayonnaise

1/2 cup mayonnaise

1-2 chipotle peppers with adobe sauce

12 slices thick sliced bacon

4 ounces spring lettuce mix

Combine dry ingredients. Cut in cold shortening. Make a well in the center and add enough buttermilk to make soft dough. Lightly mix; then place dough onto a lightly floured surface. Knead lightly to form ball and roll 1/2-inch thick. Cut with 2-inch biscuit cutter. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 400 degrees 15-20 minutes or until light brown. Arrange bacon slices on a cookie sheet and place in oven. Cook until crisp; remove and drain on paper towels. Break bacon slices in half. Set aside. Slice tomatoes into 12 slices. Sprinkle with flour, salt and sugar. Fry slices in hot oil until golden brown on each side. Remove to drain on paper towel. Blend together mayonnaise with chipotle peppers and adobe sauce. Set aside. Split open biscuits. Spread both halves with chipotle mayonnaise; on the bottom half, add a couple of pieces of lettuce mix, a fried green tomato, a few more pieces of lettuce, 2 half slices of bacon, and another piece or two of lettuce. Top with biscuit top.

Source: Jackie Hardin, Sevierville, most creative biscuit category.

Thanks Jude for the recipes. They all look delicious!

Teresa

Thanks Jude! I just read this out loud to my DD who completed her freshman year at UT this year. She was disappointed to have missed the festival! In fact, she can't wait to head back to Knoxville. Where was it held?

The recipes look interesting. I'm tempted to try them all.

Dale

Dale, the festival was held downtown and they even had a street sign "Biscuit Boulevard". I didn't go because it has been so darned hot. Monday we broke a heat record for that date...96 degrees and it's not even officially summer. Yesterday was my birthday and I met my daughters, for lunch at the French Market...they're basically a crepe place. It was yummy but I about folded in the heat. You know how concrete reflects the heat. Ask your daughter if she has eaten there.

I think I'll try the cheddar recipe soon.

jude