Perfect Pioneer Biscuits – AND A GIVEAWAY!!
UPDATE: We have our Winners in the Pioneer Giveaway!
Thanks to Random.org for choosing the numbers!
Kathy Davis
GaFarmWomanPam
SimplyAnonyMom
You are our Three Winners!! Email me at Christy@southernplate.com with your mailing address so that Pioneer can send your baking mix to you!
Thank you to all who participated and be SURE to check out our MONTH FILLED WITH GIVEAWAYS Post! In February, Southern Plate is giving away prizes valued at OVER $500!!
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Note: Contest has ended, please see above for winners! Thank You!
Today, I am excited – doubly excited. Triply excited, even. For one, I get to show you all how to make homemade biscuits a whole lot quicker (this is how I make them on school mornings when we all seem to be running behind). For another, I get to tell you about a great company and the icing on the cake is, I get to bring you a giveaway!!
Since starting Southern Plate, I’ve had the opportunity to speak with people from several prominent companies. There is nothing I love more than finding out that the people behind a product I love are just downright nice folks. I tend to like products better when I know they are made by “people oriented” companies who haven’t lost touch with their consumer. If you’ll look at my sponsors: Hamilton Beach, Wilton, Southern Beauty, and Pioneer Brand, every one of these companies is just plain made up of nice people. I have personal contacts with each one of them and they are all just tickled with the amazing people who read Southern Plate!
Pioneer Brand is a company I have been wanting to work with for a while because I have a few recipes involving their products that I just dearly love for their taste, ease, and time saving help. I also love how very in tune they are with their consumer – as is clearly shown by the convenience of the packaging in their baking mix! Once I discovered Pioneer Brand Baking mix several years ago, I have cringed at the thought of that annoying Bisquick box ever since.
Today I am going to bring you Pioneer Biscuits. They are super easy, require only two ingredients, and allow you to turn out homemade biscuits with no fuss and little muss. I have a recipe on here for truly, made from scratch, buttermilk biscuits but I have to be honest with y’all – I am no different from you in that I just don’t have time for those very often! These are my “go to” biscuits on busy mornings or when I just need a good biscuit and don’t want to put all of the effort (or time) into it.
And guess what? Later this week, I am going to bring you some absolutely delicious, melt in your mouth, to die for cookies made with this mix, too! Seriously! Oh and if any of you are shipping cookies off to a loved one in the military, this cookie recipe is the one you simply must try next.
Now for the fun part! I have some great things coming up with Pioneer in the future but this week is awesome as well.
Three lucky Southern Plate readers are going to win a case of
Pioneer Brand Biscuit and Baking Mix!
Each case features two of these handy canister boxes of mix so you’ll be able to make these biscuits, the cookies I am going to bring you, and more.
Instructions on how to enter are at the bottom of this post!
To make Perfect Pioneer Biscuits, you need Milk and Pioneer Brand Baking Mix.
That’s it.
No really, I’m serious.
The first thing that attracted me to this product was the packaging. Instead of that silly, messy, nonsensical box we have a nice canister style packaging here. Take our plastic lid off and you have this seal.
Now just cut the end piece of the seal and we have a pourable canister 
. There is also a piece of hard plastic that goes across inside the canister right beneath that dotted line to help reinforce this.
Place three cups of baking mix into a bowl and add one cup of milk.
Stir that up a bit until it is all moistened.
I like to lay out a sheet of waxed paper to work with my biscuit dough on so I can just wad it up and toss it when I am done. Sprinkle a bit of pioneer or flour onto the paper.
And spread it around well so your dough won’t stick when you pour it out. I am not actually spreading mine well enough so my dough is going to stick a little in the next few pics but I just did that on purpose so y’all wouldn’t feel bad if you did the same thing. ~grins and tries to sound convincing~
Dump out your biscuit dough and sprinkle a little baking mix or powder onto the top.
Now we have to knead it three or four times. In biscuits, as in life, it is important not to be overly “Kneady”. If you knead your biscuits too much, they will come out flat and hard.
I just pat my dough down and apply light pressure to spread it out a bit.
Then I fold it over and pat it out again. At this point, I need to add some more baking mix or flour to that paper because that is why there is dough stuck to it so I’ll do that before I pat it out again.
My point is, pat it out, then fold it over and pat it out again and repeat that two more times and you have some nicely kneaded biscuit dough.
As far as not flouring my waxed paper enough, I’m gonna invoke the golden rule of parenting here : Do as I say, don’t do as I do. I don’t remember the last time I was able to do a tutorial without kids distracting me. They were fighting over who got to use the laundry basket as their personal boat as I did these.
Mental note: Buy two more laundry baskets so I can actually use one for laundry.
Then I just kinda pat mine out like this. You can use a rolling pin but patting it out works fine.
I’m about to show you two ways to cut these. One is more traditional and the other is more streamlined, less wasteful, and easier – but it just feels odd to Southerners.
This is a pizza cutter. I roll it a bit in some flour and then…
Voila!
But let me tell ya something, as neat as this is and as quick and easy, to a Southerner, there’s just something unnatural about a square biscuit .
Oh yeah, that’s more like it!!!
Place these on a greased baking pan and I like to top mine off with just a light spraying of cooking spray to get them all prettified on the top when they are done. You can use melted butter for this or even a bit of cooking oil brushed on if you like. You can also omit this step entirely.
They bake at 450 for ten to twelve minutes.
Want to make these for yourself? Many Wal Marts carry Pioneer Brand baking mix and tons of grocery stores have it as well. My Wal Mart stopped carrying it ~sighs and shakes her head at Wal Mart~ so I get mine at the Piggly Wiggly!
If you’d like to have a case of Pioneer Brand Baking mix free, delivered straight to your door, leave a comment on this post and I’ll choose 3 winners next Monday!
Ingredients
- 3 Cups Pioneer Biscuit and Baking Mix
- 1 Cup Milk
Instructions
- Mix ingredients just until dough forms.
- Turn out onto floured surface and shape into a ball. sprinkle lightly with flour to prevent sticking. Knead three to four times.
- Pat or roll out to 1/2" thickness and cut out biscuits.
- Place on greased baking sheet. I like to spray mine on the top with a bit of cooking spray before baking in a 450 degree oven for ten to twelve minutes.
Wanna really bowl ‘em over?
Serve these with Crock Pot Apple Butter, Super Easy Peach Preserves, or Chocolate Gravy! (you can make Chocolate Gravy with Splenda, too!)
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Posted by Christy Jordan
on Jan 19 2009. Filed under Breads, Breakfast.
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THOSE BISCUITS LOOK DIVINE!!!!!! ONLY MISSING COUNTRY GRAVY AND A CUP OF COFFEE.
Great job. I am guilty of using bisquick (i know, i know)- so I will definitely be trying this next; and the biscuits look YUMMY!!!
I usually always make biscuits by hand but there are times when I wish I had a biscuit mix. I’ve used Pioneer before and liked it a lot. I just never seem to remember to buy it!
This looks absolutely super. Can you believe I’m in my 70s and have never made biscuits. Always been leary of it. This recipe and product makes me think I could succeed. They look luscious.
That biscuit looks soooo good! I live in the NORTH (I know, bless my heart…) and they don’t have Pioneer brand here anywhere that I can find. I would dearly love to be entered into your giveaway. I keep having to go down to Virginia to get my biscuit mix and import it!!
I really look forward to your recipes! The best part of them is definitely the step-by-step pix! Only a true Southerner can understand that a biscuit is supposed to be round, not square!!!
I love to cook, but have always had a tough time with homemade biscuits. I usually use the Pillsbury frozen ones; I always cook them in a well-seasoned black iron skillet that my mother gave me years ago. I have been married (to the same man!) for almost 28 years, and he has been guinea pig to alot of biscuits that our dog wouldn’t even smell of! So I am definitely going to try making these biscuits!
Thanks, and know that a Southern cook in Jack, Alabama appreciates your hard work!!!
Shelia L.
Can’t wait to try this! Going to pick up some Pioneer baking mix this week and go for it. I am always looking for a good biscuit recipe! Thanks for the info…and for the giveaway opportunity. I would love a case of Pioneer baking mix!!
Free baking mix??? I could use some with 3 little mouths to feed and the husband too!!!
Okay,seriously, that is the yummiest looking biscuit…EVER!!!! I can smell it through the computer!!!!I gotta go make some…bye!!!
I don’t know if I can get this product here in Maryland. But I bet I can get it when I visit GA.
Love your site. I read it every day..
Thanks for the giveaway!
These look great! I’m still trying to find Pioneer in the canister. My WalMart doesn’t carry it in anything other than a box. I have to do some investigating!
Lisa
Just looking at these makes me miss my mother’s cooking! I remember those special mornings when my mom would yell up the stairs “CHOCOLATE GRAVY!” and us kids would fall all over ourselves getting our beds made nice and grabbing our stuff for school so we could get to the table as fast as possible. Biscuits and chocolate gravy – YUM! I’d love to try these but we don’t have a Walmart in our area – I KNOW – can you believe it! I’ll have to check our local stores and see if any of them carry the Pioneer mix. Love your recipes and LOVE your site!
I have never used Pioneer biscuit mix, but would love to try some.
Your (round) biscuits look absolutely devine!
I could eat biscuits at every meal with jam/syrup, gravy, or split and lightly toasted for a snack~
Thanks for the great recipes!
Oh my goodness! A CANISTER?!?! I will definitely look for this biscuit mix! No more clothes-pinning those bags that end up tearing down the side and spilling out the mix! THANK YOU for sharing this with us!
And, I can’t wait to try this recipe!
I love good old fashioned biscuits! thanks for the giveaway!
These look great! I wish you would show how to make biscuits w/ whole grain flour of some kind.
Wow, those look good and remind me of the ones my Grandmother used to make.
Ok, Christy, maybe this will encourage me to stop buying frozen biscuits. Does our Publix carry Pioneer?? I’ve never looked for it there…
We are a biscuit family. Of course now that it’s just my husband and I, I don’t have to make as many. But I love to make extra’s and have them the next day. Spraying some butter pam on them makes them get golden brown. A case, wow, I’ve got 10 Grands that can eat it all up. lol
I don’t think we have the Pioneer brand here in the Northeast. Would love to try it..keep up the wonderful recipes
Sigh. I have been looking for the perfect biscuit recipe for years, preferably one that takes no time but looks like it took hours of painstakingly hard work and melts in the mouth. Thank you, you’ve done it again. My DEEPEST thanks!!
Biscuits look great! I can think of several uses; one being sausage balls! Hot sausage, grated cheese, dash of Tabasco, and Pioneer Baking Mix.
Alas, no Pioneer here in North Carolina that I can find.
Quick & Easy ~ my type of recipe! There will be NO excuses not to have homemade biscuits now
Easy to make biscuits even I can attempt to bake. Gracias!!
These look delicious and easy! Wish I could find the mix up North.
That biscuit looks wonderful..the only thing that would make it better is a generous pat of butter and some honey poured all over the halves (learned that from my mama a long time ago
!). Thanks, Christy!!
Christy, I have been using the Pioneer for some time. It’s great isn’t?! Like you, I also like the package much better!
Haven’t made biscuits in a little while, and with the cold weather we are having in east TN. right now, a good hot biscuit sounds great !
Off to the kitchen I go!
The biscuits look heavenly. Not sure I can get Pioneer brand biscuit mix here.
LOVE your website, closest thing to southern cooking as I will get, as I am from the north.
Thanx for the GREAT recipes and the step-by-step directions.
These look soooo good. I make basically the same thing but w/ a different kind of flour. These look totally worth a try!!!!
Thanks!
You give great details and pics so easy to follow great info I will definately be trying these they look soooo delious can not wait to try them with some sausage gravy YUMMMMY
No pioneer here either in Calif
Many Blessings to all
Shirley
The best biscuits I’ve ever eaten were square! I worked at a family owned Dari King (not the Dairy Queen chain) through high school and college, and an older lady named Frances would come in at 5 in the morning to cook up pans of biscuits and get the day’s lunchtime veggies started. I never saw what she did to make them square though because they were finished by the time I came in at 8, so it’s great to finally know!
Those look awesome. I know this heresy, but Pioneer makes a white gravy mix for biscuits and gravy that is none too bad either.
I am thrilled to have a chance to win. I haven’t been able to find this brand since I moved away from Huntsville!
Looking foward to trying your recipe.
yummy! sounds like a great way to make biscuits quick and easy and delicious too! Thanks as always Christy!
Oh my WORD! I’m so excited about this I can’t even see straight! Literally 5 minutes ago we just finished up brunch and I made your other biscuits. My hubby had THREE with country gravy and another with honey and I swear he’s gonna explode! LOL He’s so excited that I make biscuits now and I’m pretty darn happy that I can too. They don’t sell this baking mix anywhere near me (believe me, I’ve looked) so this is exciting! We’re going to GA this week to visit family so I’m going to look while I’m there so I can try this recipe out.
I’m lovin some Pioneer Biscuit mix!
Be Blessed!
Elisa
I have to say, I am truly a southerner, but one who can not make biscuits….a travesty to say the least. Thank you for this quick and easy way to construct the “perfect” biscuit- PS. The crock pot apple butter was the easiest and the very best. If you all have not tried it, you MUST!
OMGosh… My Hubby would love to be eating homemade biscuits! I would love to win this and thanks for a lovely giveaway!
Leslie
LeslieVeg@msn.com
My husband discovered Pioneer Biscuit Mix over 20 years ago. He presented me that homemade biscuits one morning and I was so amazed and praised him so much that he finally admitted they were Pioneer biscuits. To us they are better than homemade! The only problem is our grocery store doesn’t carry Pioneer so we make a special trip to get it at another store.
I want some Pioneer biscuits!!! YUM!
YUM! Can’t wait to try these. I can eat buscuits anytime of the day. I grew up in the South and now live out West. Food is just not the same here. Love your site!
I would LOVE to try this baking mix, and it would be put to very good use here!! Thanks so much for the chance to win it!
Nothing better than a hot biscuit on a cold morning (snowing here today!) I had not tried the Pioneer brand, but made a point to look for it after I found your site. It is great and I too love that it has a snap on top!! Love your recipes, stories and southern good humor……
Oh, those look good! Add butter and cane syrup–what a breakfast!
Now that is a purty biscuit, and I should know. I have been making up biscuits for over 30 years and from the confessions of this biscuit eater, I’d take a biscuit over loaf bread any day.
I’d love to try the Pioneer Biscuit Mix. I imagine there are a lot of recipes it could be used it too!
Nothing beats a hot buttered jelly biscuit. Or biscuit and ham gravy. Mmmm
Good luck with the giveaway.
Have a great day.
Pam
That sounds just my speed! 2 ingredients and quick! I’ve never had much luck with biscuits but I’m definitely going to try. By the way, I followed your method for baking a ham (I think the post was a weel and a half ago) and it turned out so well! Even the kids really liked it. Tonight I’m going to use a little of the ham that I froze and make some ham bean soup for tomorrow –
Beth in central PA
Awesome recipe. I love the little comments you throw in, thats what keeps me reading your recipes like a book! My kids like to play in the laundry baskets too (well, when they can find one thats not filled with unfolded clean clothes or unmatched socks HA!)
Can it really be this easy?!? I hope so – biscuits have been a craving of mine while I’ve been expecting… Now maybe I can make them at home!
Christy,
2 summers ago we actually visited the Pioneer Baking Company Museum and it was awesome! The grounds were so neatly kept and wow the history in the different rooms of the building were just so awe inspiring. They even have a little cafe that you can eat at. It’s so quaint.
Even before our trip I would only buy Pioneer brand as that is the ultimate favorite in our home, but after our tour it really made me feel proud that I was supporting this company.
I would love to be entered in this great giveaway. Thanks for hosting it.
~Warm Cozy Wishes