Dried Beef and Gravy over Homemade Biscuits

Lowell Lane

1d • Recipes

1/2 stick butter .46

1 jar dried beef 3.86

3-4 C of milk 1.02

2 T cornstarch .15

1/4 C flour .06

salt and pepper to taste

Cost $5.55 in 2025

Melt 1/2 stick butter in a large skillet. Add dried beef and cook well. Remove meat from pan.

In a small bowl, mix cornstarch, flour, and salt and pepper. Mix well. Add milk, mix well. Use a strainer to remove any lumps and add to butter in skillet and make the gravy.

Add meat and heat.

Serve of homemade biscuits.

Baking Powder Biscuits

Laura Lane

4 c all-purpose flour .96

3 T baking powder .37

2 t salt

4 T canola oil .17

1 ½ – 1 ¾ c milk .45

Total 2025 cost $1.95

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Begin with a large bowl. Sift all the dry ingredients into the bowl and then mix it all together well with a big fork. Combine 1 ½ cups of milk with the oil. Pour it all into the dry ingredients at once. Stir until it’s all mixed in and all the flour is moistened. Add the extra ¼ cup of milk if the dough is too dry.

Now, take all the dough in your hands and put it on a baking sheet. Pat the dough into a large rectangle, keeping in mind that you want the dough about an inch thick and you’ll be cutting it into 12 equal pieces. If you prefer, you can drop by rounded spoonfuls.

After you cut the dough into equal pieces, separate the biscuits by about ¼ inch. Then put them into the oven for 15 minutes. Brush the tops of the biscuits with melted butter and put them back into the oven to bake until they’re golden brown on top.

Makes 12 big biscuits.

This is the biscuit recipe that I used while my children were growing up.

Number Of Servings: 6

Total 2025 cost for both recipes is $7.50 = 1.25 per serving

Preparation Time: 30 minutes

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