What a fun biscuit to make! These are based on my Pool of Butter Biscuits, but have been adapted for the jar. Of course. Now the cool thing about these guys is that they are practically frying in their own little pool O’Butter, and when taken from the oven, that little biscuit works like a sponge absorbing all that butter making a crispy on the outside, light and fluffy on the inside biscuit.
And sometimes if you are very quick at dumping these from the jars, you may just get a little pool O’Butter on your plate.
My favorite way to serve these biscuits is with a big ole breakfast of sausage gravy, taters, and a big bowl of fresh strawberries.
Self Buttering Biscuits
Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups flour
4 tsp. sugar
4 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. Kosher salt
1 1/3 cups milk
1 stick butter divided into 8 tablespoons
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. In a large bowl whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. When your oven is up to temperature, place one tablespoon of butter in each of eight 1/2 pint wide mouth mason jars. Place them on a tray and heat in oven until the butter is melted. Remove from oven, and using a pot holder, pick up jar and swirl butter around the edges of each jar. Quickly stir milk into flour mixture until smooth, and using a large ice cream scoop, scoop a heaping spoonful of dough into each jar. Poke a butter knife in the center of each biscuit and move around a bit to loosen the biscuit from the bottom of the jar. Bake for 10-12 minutes until golden brown on top and biscuit is cooked through. Remove from oven, gently run a knife around each biscuit and using a pot holder, turn each biscuit out on a platter. Serve with a nice big breakfast. Makes 8 large biscuits.
No jar? Then try these Pool of Butter Biscuits.
Sausage Gravy- Brown 2 pounds of breakfast sausage. Do not drain. Stir in 1/2 cup flour to coat meat. Pour in 3 cups of milk, stir, and simmer until thickened. Salt and pepper to taste if needed. Add red pepper flakes if you like it spicy. See? Easy.
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Robin Sue
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Love it! Don't ever stop making things in jars Robin Sue!!!
And my son LOVES biscuits and gravy, so I'll have to try your recipe out really soon!
Another recipe Adam would LOVE. I think when we go out there this summer, I'll buy him some mason jars and make him some food.
would you mind posting your recipe for the tators
would you mind posting your tator recipe
You had me at pools of butter!
Hope you are having a great week, but um, those biscuits aren't Paleo are they?!
Anon- Peel and cube up (about one inch cubes) as many potatoes as you need. In a large skillet heat anywhere from 1/4-1/3 cup oil and add potatoes. I like to season with a MSG-free season salt and some pepper. Stir to coat potatoes with seasonings and oil. Cover at first and occasionally turn potatoes until they are tender. Now start cooking without lid so that they crisp up. This is also a great way to use up leftover baked, roasted, or boiled potatoes. So no real recipe, but I hope this helps! Thanks!
I am going to make this! Looks very yummy!
I MOST definitely need the sausage gravy recipe to go with the biscuit recipe! Are you able to provided?
Respectfully~
alyce
Hi, it’s at the bottom of the post below the instructions. Enjoy!!
Are these meant to be prepared and then cooked at a later time or day? Was hoping that they would work for quick breakfasts by taking one out each morning and popping it in to the oven.
I have not tried that yet, and now you have me wondering too. But I do bake them up, keep them in the jar and warm up later in the micro and that works, but not sure about leaving them raw for a few days- I will have to try it out and see what happens, but it may mess up the whole melted butter idea. Enjoy!
can you make them gluten free ?? look yummy.
I imagine you could by using a Red Mill gluten-free flour mix- but I have not done so and do not know an exact recipe.
I find myself really drawn to the mason jar idea. I wondered if you could bake the biscuit in a larger jar and then top with the gravy for later? Would a larger jar mess with the cooking of the biscuit?
I think as long as you keep the biscuit the same size you could cook these in a larger jar then top with biscuit gravy. Here is one of my posts that I do a breakfast stack in the jar. Give it a try and let us know!!
http://www.bigredkitchen.com/2011/08/teeny-tiny-baby-cinnamon-rolls-in-mason-jars-to-go/
these sound really good, could you make them in very large muffin tins instead of mason jars and i wondered if you think almond milk would work okay
Yes you can make these in a muffin tin and I believe almond milk should work fine. Enjoy!
Robin
When making the taters, I fry a few pieces of bacon and use the drippings as the “oil” from that to cook the taters. Works really well and gives them an awesome flavor. Add a few diced onions and chop the bacon ,Heaven!!
I love using Mason jars for everything. I am so excited to find this recipe because I love biscuits and butter!
CAN YOU USE BIS-QUICK ?????
CAN YOU USE BIS-QUICK FOR THIS ???
I have not tried it with bisquik but it may work fine. If you do try it out let us know how it went. Thanks!
Oven temp for glass bakeware is usually 325 degrees. Are the jars OK at that high temp? Thank you. GOD BLESS AMERICA!!
I haven’t had a problem with them at this temp. Never use defective jars. Enjoy!
I want to try this receipe out when camping. A mason jar sounds better than carrying around an oven. Thanks for sharing,
iris
thanks for the info on the mason jar biscuits, i do alot of canning and going to try these canned, i already did cake in a jar and they are really good and moist got the reciped from countryside magazine. so i’m going to try these also and can some and also do the sausage and taters too and put the two together and can them also in jars. we have alot of hunters here and i always do deer sausage thats really good so i’ll be trying this too. thank you for putting this on line. melba
I don’t think it is a good idea to actually can these. I don’t think there is enough acid to kill off and keep off the harmful bacteria. I store in the fridge up to 3 days of the freezer up to 3 months.
This recipe sounds so good I am going to try it. I have read recipes that are cook with canning jars but, I have been so nervous about the jars busting in the oven.
You use regular wide mouth Mason Canning Jars, right?
Also do I have your permission to make, include your recipe, and give the link to your website as gifts to firends and family members. Looks like you have many recipes I would like to share with others.
Hi I do use wide mouth jars for these. Yes you may share the recipe! Thanks so much
Sue your biscuits are wonderful. You could even leave in the jar, cool and put in lunch box.
The sausage gravy was great too.
Keep sending recipes
We are going to a family reunion where they will be cooking in cast iron pots. Do you think these will cook good in a cast iron dutch oven?
It should work, but I haven’t tried. Worth a try though!