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Country Ham And Potatoes Recipe


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Ingredients
  • 2 c Milk
  • 2 tb Butter
  • 1 ts Salt
  • 4 c Plus 2 tbsps all-purpose flour;
  • 1 c Grated white cheddar cheese
  • 4 oz Smithfield or any other country ham; small sliced
  • Salt
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • 1/8 ts Freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 c Plus 1 tsp vegetable shortening
  • 10 lg Eggs
  • 1 1/2 tb Baking powder

Directions
  • Step #1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Step #2 Lightly grease a baking sheet with 1 tsp of shortening.
  • Step #3 In a large mixing bowl, pepper, salt, baking powder, mix 4 c flour, ham & cheese.
  • Step #4 Mix well.
  • Step #5 Add the remaining shortening & work it into the dry ingredients, using your hands, until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
  • Step #6 Fold in 1 1/2 c of the milk.
  • Step #7 The dough with be sticky.
  • Step #8 Dust your work surface with 1 tbsp of the flour.
  • Step #9 Turn the dough onto the floured surface.
  • Step #10 carefully fold each side towards the center.
  • Step #11 Pick up the dough & dust the work surface with the remaining tbsp flour.
  • Step #12 Return the dough to the floured surface & fold each side towards the center again.
  • Step #13 Turn the dough over & light press it out to 1 inch thickness.
  • Step #14 Cut the biscuits using a 2 1/4 inch round cookie cutter.
  • Step #15 Place them on the baking sheet & bake this until golden, about 30 mins.
  • Step #16 In a medium mixing bowl, whisk the eggs & remaining eggs together.
  • Step #17 Whisk well.
  • Step #18 Spice up this with salt & pepper.
  • Step #19 In a large non-stick saute pan, over med-heat/flame, melt the butter.
  • Step #20 Add the eggs, using a rubber spatula, stir the eggs & cook this until the eggs are a soft scramble.
  • Step #21 remove this from the pan.
  • Step #22 Slice the biscuits in half and place a spoonful of the eggs in the center of each biscuit.
  • Step #23 Yields: 8 servings.
  • Enjoy the Country Ham And Potatoes recipe

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