Great American Taste Test – KFC biscuits

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Great American Taste Test – KFC biscuits

Have you ever seen those copy-cat recipes where you can make your favorite restaurant treats at home? The Red Lobster cheddar biscuits is a common copy-cat recipe out there. I was contacted to participate in the Great American Taste Test by testing out a recipe from America’s Most Wanted Recipes by Ron Douglas (you can also check out his website). They offered to send me a free copy of the cookbook if I agreed to blog about a recipe comparison. I looked through the table of contents and decided to make the KFC Biscuits. I love KFC biscuits and I’ve never made biscuits at home.

While I was baking the biscuits, I sent Hubby off to KFC to grab a pair of their biscuits so we could compare the copy-cat recipe side-by-side with the real thing. We made these biscuits into breakfast sandwiches. Even though this isn’t a typical way to eat a KFC biscuit, we love to eat a big late breakfast on the weekends.

Size – My biscuits were a bit on the small side. I had to use a medium sized biscuit cutter to get the 9 biscuits the recipe says it makes. I would much rather have fewer thicker and bigger biscuits than more small ones. As you can also see from the picture, my biscuits didn’t rise as much as the KFC ones did.

Taste – The biscuits I made are definitely flaky and soft. They were great and we both really enjoyed them. The taste is spot on when compared to the KFC biscuits. The texture was a bit different mostly because the KFC biscuit was more hard on the outside, but had the same flaky inside. I think I liked the texture of the biscuits I made better than the KFC biscuit. I’ll definitely use this recipe again if I need to make biscuits.

KFC Buttermilk Biscuits

Yield: 9 biscuits

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cup flour
1 tsp salt
1 Tbsp sugar
1 Tbsp baking powder
1/3 cup vegetable shortening
2/3 cup buttermilk

Directions:

Preheat oven to 425.

Sift together dry ingredients into a large bowl. Cut in the shortening.

Make a nest in the flour mixture and add the buttermilk. Knead the mixture with hands until thoroughly combined and a soft dough forms.

On a floured cutting board, pat the dough into a 1/2-inch thick disc and cut with biscuit cutter or the rim of a glass. Place biscuits on a cookie sheet and bake for 12 minutes or until golden brown.

Recipe from America's Most Wanted Recipes

Bread, Breakfast

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17 Responses to “The Power of Pink Challenge!”

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Katie — October 1, 2008 at 12:53 pm

OH MY GOSH JEN! This is SOOOOO perfect!!! I am making pink items for my fundraising giveaways! I’m so entering this. And if you want some free baked goods, feel free to check out my blog and email me about it! 🙂 🙂
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CB — October 1, 2008 at 1:11 pm

I think this is an awesome dedication to your mom and aunts. You know I’ll totally do something. I look forward to all the pinkness this month. 🙂
/Clara
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Kayla — October 1, 2008 at 1:32 pm

This is a great idea and an awesome tribute to the great women in your life. I’m totally going to do this one!
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Jen — October 1, 2008 at 1:52 pm

Thanks everyone – I can’t wait to see all the pink yumminess that will be coming this way. It’s going to be fun. And Katie – I’m emailing you right this second.
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Megan — October 1, 2008 at 4:19 pm

I had the girls photgraphed just last week! I hope to participate!!!
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Jen — October 1, 2008 at 7:35 pm

Good for you Megan! Hope you can participate.
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Yasmeen — October 9, 2008 at 9:53 pm

Thanks Jen for raising the awareness
I can’t imagine the suffering your mom and aunts had to go thro fighting the disease. Hats off for there courage and optimism.
I’ll sure try to send a recipe in pink.
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Jen — October 10, 2008 at 3:04 am

Thanks Yasmeen. Looking forward to the entry!
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raaji — October 10, 2008 at 5:25 pm

Hi Jen,
My firt time here….Came through yasmeen’s blog….This challenge is something that every women should be aware of and be a part of it……Good luck dear……
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superslush — October 10, 2008 at 7:12 pm

still trying to decide what i want to bake, but im gunna bake something!
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Sunshinemom — October 13, 2008 at 6:32 am

Kudos to your mom for such optimism! Since I do not use artificial food colouring you are really really challenging my skills!! Let me see whether I can come up with something:)
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Jen — October 14, 2008 at 2:59 am

Welcome to my blog Raaji!

Slush – I’m sure anything you make will be delish.

sunshinemom – there are some natural ingredients that are pink in color – goos luck finding something that you can make. I’m entering a salmon dish once I get it written up…
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Kitchen Flavours — October 14, 2008 at 11:41 am

I just you my entry. Please check out.
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Nazarina A — October 17, 2008 at 1:59 am

Even through all her pain, your Mom still had the humor to make others laugh. That just says a lot about her!!! Unselfish and a beautiful soul. Bless her heart!!
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Ivy — October 18, 2008 at 5:23 pm

Count me in. Just found a perfect recipe I made back in summer 😉
Thanks for raising awareness and no woman must suffer mastectomy if they know what to do.
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Bharti — October 27, 2008 at 2:41 am

Hi Jen
First time here. I would’ve been stumped otherwise but i just made something pink a few days ago. Will blog it soon and send it your way. I like how you are trying to raise awareness about this..every little bit helps, good for you.
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Carrie — October 27, 2008 at 10:02 pm

Thank you for the wonderful event! I made some yummy pink whoopie pies!!