Today, I woke up craving biscuits. So, I made the recipe my mom gave me. As I made them, I thought it was my great-grandmother’s biscuits recipe, but it’s my mom’s simplified version of my great-grandmother’s recipe.

Ingredients: • 2 cups self-rising flour • 1.5 cups heavy cream*

Directions: 1.) Preheat oven to 450°F 2.) Grease pan 3.) Mix flour and heavy cream with a spoon or your hands. Dough will not be smooth. 4.) Place on pan, touching. 5.) Bake, approximately 20-25 minutes. 6.) If needed, brown under the broiler. Watch carefully!

*-I didn’t have heavy cream this morning, so I melted 6 tablespoons of butter in a measuring cup in the microwave. Once that was done, I added Half and Half until I had the 1.5 cups of liquid called for in the recipe.

I told my mom about the biscuits, and she let me know this was her recipe. She said, “Mamaw’s used regular flour, baking powder, salt, shortening and milk. Getting the shortening just right is hard. With heavy cream, you have enough fat for shortening and with self rising flour, you don’t need to put the stuff to make it rise.”