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Sourdough Biscuits {Cooking Through Little House}

June 20, 2011 by Katie Mae Stanley 16 Comments

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Multi-colored plate with a small stack of biscuits.
Last fall I started a series called “Cooking Through Little House” where I decided to cook a dish mentioned in each of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s “Little House Books”.  I was planning to make sourdough biscuits but I took a long break because my starter my sadly killed. I beat around the bush for a long time before I finally bought a new starter from Cultures for Health. After some feedings I finally have a happy new starter who has yet to be named (any suggestions?).
In “By the Shores of Silver Lake” Laura makes sourdough biscuits. Out on the frontier baking powder wasn’t readily available so many women depended on their sourdough starters to leaven their bread and biscuits.

“When you haven’t milk enough to have sour milk, however do you make such delicious biscuits, Laura?” she asked.

“Why, you just use sour dough,” Laura said.

Mrs. Boast had never made sour dough biscuits! It was fun to show her. 

By the Shores of Silver Lake

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Sourdough Biscuits {Cooking Through Little House}

Author Katie Mae Stanley @ Nourishing Simplicity

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Ingredients

  • 2 cups sour dough starter (about 8 hours after it’s last feeding, it should be bubbly)
  • 3 cups whole-wheat flour (or you can use part unbleached white flour if you want)
  • 6 TBS butter, chilled
  • ¼ cup of raw milk or water if necessary
  • 1 tsp salt (Real or Celtic is best)
  • 1 ½ tsp of baking soda

Instructions

  1. In a glass bowl pour in the wheat flour. Cut the butter into the flour in small flakes. Add the sour dough starter and stir until the flour is mixed in. If the mixture is too dry add the ¼ cup of milk or water. Cover and let set over night,
  2. In the morning sprinkle the salt and baking soda over the dough. You will see that the dough has risen significantly (thanks to the starter). Gently fold in.
  3. Turn the dough out on to a lightly floured surface. Need a few times, you don’t want the dough to be too stiff. Roll it lightly to a ½ inch thick. Cut out the biscuits with a biscuit cutter or a glass. How big or cutter r glass is will depend on how many biscuits you make. My cutter was about and inch in circumference, so I made about 15 biscuits. Place the biscuit on an ungreased baking sheet and let rise for 30 minutes. This isn’t necessary but make for lighter biscuits. Bake at 400 degrees F for 10-12 minutes. When they are lightly golden brown they will be done.
  4. These are delicious by themselves, with butter or jam, served with eggs and bacon or better yet topped with gravy (I see another blog post that needs to be written).
This post is part of Simple Lives Thursday, Pennywise Platter Thursday, Hearth and Soul
More Cooking Through “Little House” recipes:

Hasty Pudding
Fried Apples and Onions
Pancakes
Lemonade
Ginger “Thirst Quencher”

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Katie Mae Stanley is the creator of Nourishing Simplicity. She believes that a made from scratch life is possible with a measure of grace. She teaches you to craft simple, nourishing recipes and natural DIY products at home.

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  1. Stacey S.

    April 30, 2021 at 7:13 pm

    My sourdough his now 2 months old, I mixed every thing overnight ,but rises better especially in this spring weather. So delish! Going to get me ginger soon and try the thirst quenched
    Drink.

    Reply
    • Katie Mae Stanley

      May 1, 2021 at 9:28 pm

      Oh, wonderful! Spring weather really does help! My bread rises so quickly in the summer but it’s almost too hot to bake it.

      Reply
  2. Stacey Smith

    February 15, 2021 at 4:11 pm

    I’ve started a sourdough starter 2 weeks ago , going to make these soon!

    Reply
    • Katie Mae Stanley

      February 23, 2021 at 5:21 pm

      So fun! I always get excited when people start on their sourdough journey.

      Reply
  3. Micah

    August 15, 2018 at 9:22 am

    I made these sourdough biscuits this morning and we loved them. I even skipped my usual bulletproof coffee for biscuits and eggs. This will be our new biscuit recipe. I think I’ll try coconut oil instead of butter next time because we are usually dairy-free. Thank you for the delicious biscuits!

    Reply
    • Katie Mae Stanley

      August 18, 2018 at 7:53 pm

      You’re welcome, I am so glad that they turned out so well for you! Please let me know how they turn out with the coconut oil.

      Reply
      • Micah

        August 26, 2018 at 7:49 am

        Coconut oil worked great! This is our new sourdough biscuit recipe. The whole family loves it.

        Reply
        • Katie Mae Stanley

          August 28, 2018 at 8:20 pm

          Yay! That’s wonderful to know! 🙂 Thank you for telling me.

          Reply
  4. pie

    June 21, 2018 at 2:05 pm

    worked great and tasted great too

    Reply
    • Katie Mae Stanley

      June 24, 2018 at 8:44 pm

      Oh, I am so glad!

      Reply
  5. Sybil

    February 27, 2016 at 8:36 am

    I used your recipe as the basis for my first ever sourdough biscuits and am very pleased with the result. Light and fluffy biscuits.
    I have 3 staters in the fridge and the spelt starter is the one that requires the most frequent feeding, so I used that one. I added organic sprouted whole spelt flour, milk and yogurt, salt and a small amount of baking soda.
    The only thing I would change next time is to refrigerate the biscuits for at least 1/2 hour before baking as they went sideways instead of up. But they were still delicious!

    Reply
    • Katie Mae Stanley

      February 29, 2016 at 6:35 am

      Thanks for the tip! It is always great to get feedback!

      Reply
  6. Raia

    October 21, 2014 at 8:11 am

    Sourdough biscuits are a favorite here in our house. Can’t wait to give your recipe a try! 🙂

    Reply
  7. a moderate life

    July 2, 2011 at 5:52 pm

    HI Katie! You know, I love this part of the book where she explains how she “feeds” the sourdough starter because it makes it seem so alive! I loved that these girls and their mom were so in tune and knowledge was handed down. My gran and mom were that way as well and I learned a lot sitting in their kitchens! I also love sourdough bread but never thought to make biscuits that way! Will have to feed up my starter which I put away for the summer (too much work here in the heat!) and make up a batch! Thanks so much for sharing with us on the hearth and soul hop! Big hugs! Alex

    Reply
  8. kankana

    June 30, 2011 at 5:05 am

    Great sourdough recipe. Thanks for sharing this with hearth and soul hop

    Reply

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