Fluffy American Country Biscuits

My boyfriend (Rob) and I recently returned from a US east coast road trip. We drove from New York, Washington, Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida. Obviously, indulging in a lot of tasty treats along the way! My most memorable foodie moments were at breakfast, when we savoured the old southern tradition of a breakfast featuring biscuits and cornbread! Ever since returning to the UK, I have been experimenting to recreate the unforgettable, melt-in-the-mouth biscuits we enjoyed in Cracker Barrel restaurants across the South.
There are lots of different recipes out there, and I have tried many!
Finally, after a few disappointments resembling rock cakes, I discovered a recipe that produces the fluffiest, melt-in-your mouth biscuits, exactly like those served in the Cracker Barrel!

Recipe courtesy of http://www.grouprecipes.com/56581/fluffy-biscuits-like-kfcs.html (with a few adjustments)

Ingredients

• 1/3 cups Stork margarine or TREX
• 1- 3/4 cups plain flour
• 2- 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 3/4 tsp. salt
• 1 cup whole milk

Heat oven to 180 c

In mixing bowl, cut in Stork, flour, salt, baking powder with pastry blender or electric mixer till it resembles fine crumbs.

Pour milk into the mix, stirring gently with a spoon till the dough is gooey.

With a soft rubber spatula, gently scrape the sides of the bowl, dipping the spatula into flour to keep it from sticking.

When you have the sides cleaned of dough, pat flour on the top of the dough ball. (This is a gooey dough, which is why they're so soft and moist!)

Turn the dough ball out on a floured surface so it doesn't stick easily

Gently press the dough to about a 2" thickness with your floured hands.

Cut into squares or use a round biscuit cutter, dipping the cutter each time into flour.

Place pieces about 1" apart onto a lightly greased baking sheet

Bake about 30 minutes, till they are lightly browned on top. They will be very moist on the inside, and very thick.

Serve with butter and jam and honey. Creates the perfect accompaniment to a full cooked breakfast!