Papa Dodgen's Biscuits

My mom's family put together a cookbook of family recipes several years ago. I tried making these biscuits for the first time today. I am glad to have the recipes as our family continues to change with losing our loved family members and gaining some new additions too.

First preheat your oven to 425


Mix together 1 1/2 C of flour, 1 T baking powder, 1 t baking soda, 1 T sugar, 1 T of oil, a little bit of salt


Then add 2/3 C of buttermilk
You will have to look at see if you need a little more flour for your dough to look right


Roll out on wax paper for easy clean up


Cut out your biscuits with a small glass or biscuit cutters. I got these for Christmas.
Place on a lightly greased pan and cook at 425 for 12-15 minutes


This recipe makes 6 biscuits, you can double as needed.

Breakfast Casserole

My mom makes this on Christmas morning. It is one of my favorites!


You will need 2 C of milk, 8 eggs, 6-8 slices of bread, cheese, and sausage or ham.


Butter the bottom of a 9 X 13 pan and lay the pieces of bread so that they cover the bottom.


Together in a bowl wisk 8 eggs and 2 cups of milk until completed mixed together


Layer the cooked sausage on top of the bread, and cover with grated cheese


Cover with the egg and milk mixture.
Cook at 325 for 45 minutes. You can also make this the night before and refrigerate until the morning.

Monkey Bread

My Mom makes monkey bread for our special Christmas breakfast. I decided to attempt it for the first time, so I made it for a brunch at work this week.


This is what you do, it is very easy.

You need four cans of small buttermilk biscuits.


Put 1 C of sugar in a ziplock bag


Add 2 teaspoons of ground cinnamon to the bag


Cut the biscuits into quarters


Put a few biscuit quarters in the bag and shake around to coat


Shake-Shake-Shake :)


Layer in a bundt pan


Melt 1 stick of butter (1/2 C) over medium heat


Add 1 C of brown sugar to the melted butter

Simmer for one minute stirring constantly


Pour evenly over the top of the biscuits


Bake in the oven at 350 for 35 minutes, and let cool in the pan for 5 minutes.


Invert pan on a plate and let cool for about 10 minutes so that the bread will keep the shape

And serve! Delish!