Demonstration of Sourdough Biscuits at Silver Dollar City

Each fall we partake in the National Cowboy and Harvest Festival at Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO. Here is one of our shows/demonstrations of our sourdough biscuits, taken from A Taste of Cowboy cookbook.
Sourdough Biscuits
1 ( 1⁄4-ounce) package rapid-rise yeast
3 cups Sourdough Starter (below)
4 to 5 tablespoons sugar
1⁄3 cup vegetable oil
2 1⁄2 tablespoons baking powder
2 teaspoons salt
2 1⁄2 to 3 cups all-purpose flour
1. Preheat the oven to 350°F with a rack in the middle. Butter a 9-x-13-inch baking pan or 12-inch cast iron skillet.
2. In a large bowl, dissolve the yeast in the starter. Whisk in 4 tablespoons of the sugar and let sit for 1 minute.
3. Whisk in the oil, baking powder, and salt. At this point, taste the starter. If it is too tart, add a little more sugar, to taste. Remember, the first time you use the starter, it will be the sourest.
4. Slowly begin stirring in the flour until it makes a soft dough and is no longer sticky. Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and roll out to about 1/2 inch thick.
5. Cut out about 16 rounds with a biscuit cutter and place on the baking pan or skillet close together.
6. Cover the biscuits with a buttered piece of wax paper and let rise in a warm place for 40 minutes to 1 hour, or until nearly doubled in size.
7. Uncover the biscuits and bake for 25 - 35 minutes, or until golden brown. Brush with melted butter and serve warm.
Sourdough Starter
4 cups warm water
1 ( 1⁄4-ounce) package rapid-rise yeast
5 tablespoons sugar
4 cups all-purpose flour
1 russet potato, peeled and quartered
1. Add the warm water to a crock jar that holds at least 1 ½ gallons. This will prevent the starter from frothing over while it’s setting up.
2. Whisk in the yeast and sugar and let sit for 1 minute.
3. Slowly whisk in the flour. Drop the potato pieces into the bottom of the crock jar. Cover with a tea towel and let sit on the counter for at least 12 hours, stirring halfway through. You can let the starter sit longer for a more sour flavor.
4. Before using the starter in a recipe, whisk it briskly until smooth.
To recharge the starter:
1 1⁄2 cups warm water
1 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1⁄2 tablespoons sugar
When you have used 3 cups of the starter, whisk all the ingredients into the jar. The starter is ready to use again, or you can let it sit for 6 to 12 hours to create a more tart taste.

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Its 4 cups of warm water, a package of dry yeast, 5 TBSP of sugar and stir well, then add 4 Cups of flour and stir well, then a peeled and quartered russet potatoe. Let set for at least 12 hours and then stir down and its ready to use

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Just wanted to say thanks-again!! The sourdough cinnamon rolls with apples (I added walnuts & raisins b/c not enough apples) and then made the biscuits with supper. Made your fried chicken last night and my family ate about a week’s worth...evidently it was that good(!). Seriously, you have just blessed our last two weeks with our daughter home visiting. We thank you!

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Hello KENT, I made my first starter and this morning, I made your biscuit recipe. Wow! They are soooo good! So soft and I love the smell of sourdough in it. I concluded with your little dance of glory. I am now you guys new #1 fan. Thank a million!!! 😁👍💃

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Wish I could have seen the biscuits when they were finished. When I worked for Kentucky Fried Chicken back when they still used Lard to cook chicken in we had to make the dough for the biscuits and cut them by hand. Now everything is cut corners this and cut corners that. . . Love your stuff and have a blessed day.

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KFC tasted so much better back then an I think they messed with the spices too

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Hey Cowboy Kent, I made your biscuits tonight for my supper. They were really good, nice and fluffy and melted the butter good. Thank you

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I'm a country boy from TN and my grandma cooked that way. A pinch, a dab and that's about right. Keep on cooking.

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Excellent demo enjoyed it very much. Thanks for posting

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We brought sourdough starter back from Alaska in 1967...after I quit flying C-130's for the USAF. Love sourdough pancakes... Good show!

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+wildfireatm3 Thanks so much for the kind words and we also wish you and your family a blessed Christmas

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My wife actually found and bought a set of 4 measuring spoons that are for the pinch, tad, dash & smidgen measurements. She loves your videos cause she is from Woodward, Oklahoma which is just east of the panhandle corner and way of cooking reminds her of her grandmas cooking.

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I just made your biscuits with your recipe and they are amazing! My tongue just about slapped my brains out! Awesome biscuits!!

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So glad you enjoyed and thanks for watching

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We will keep that in mind, thanks James for watching

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Best sourdough biscuit recipe. I make his gravy with these also. Yum stick to your ribs

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My wife and I live in the East Coast and that's the way she cooks a pinch of this and a dab of that lol and she's an excellent cook like your channel

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I make your sour dough biscuits for my family and neighbors.Everybody thinks they are directly from heaven.Its good to know that the next generation know this family recipe and that it will keep marching on.Thank you Kent,Momma and Grandma!

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[@christophergraham3160]

Made some cat head biscuits with the sourdough starter. First time I've ever made biscuits from scratch. Good stuff! Also made some chicken-fried steak with it. What started out as a 1/2 inch thick steak became an inch thick real quick. Especially after taking your advice and double baptizing 'em.

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This is hilarious and awesome. Thanks for posting!

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I sure do wish you would come to florida. In the county of Volusia we have a pioneer arts settlement that has lots of old time traditions and as you know florida is the first state that had cows and horses brought by Juan Ponce Deleon. The town I live in is called Deleon springs. Legend has it he thought this was the fountain of youth. My Brother in law runs the old sugar mill in the state park that bares the name Deleon Springs.. its been on the food channel. Love your videos!

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Thanks David for sharing that sounds like good country

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Kent, I saw you last week, tried to catch all the demonstrations I could. You have me hooked. I am going to try the biscuits this week.

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This was hilarious. You have the best sense of humor! I found this from another youtube channel where a young man named nathan was using your recipes for the biscuits and the starter!

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Gonna try these with some of your stew later this week!! They look yummy!! Thanks for sharing! I love to watch your videos!!

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My grandmother on the Virginia farm always had a bowl of flour under the sink she used each morning to make biscuits.

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You should do a pinch dab and a little more. Those are Mountain measurements that ANYONE in the mountains who would understand.

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I know what you mean Mike

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+Russ Barnard I understand Russ- hope yall have a merry christmas

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just started to watch your videos the last 2 weeks let me tell you I'm hooked I watch every day, I'm working on getting my set up for Dutch oven cowboy cook'in. you have a fan my friend and to your wife. keep it going. God Bless you both as well. jim..

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Thanks Jim and God bless you as well

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I made your sourdough starter, Really easy! and your sourdough Bisquits, Awsome! Best biscuit I ever had! Thanks Kent! :)

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Glad you enjoyed Cindy

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Thanks Alan for watching and that wind can blow in my part of the world

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Our pleasure Elsie

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Those look really good.

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The selling point for me was when he mentioned that the things you need actually come from the pantry... I watched Gordon Ramsey talk about how easy it is to make braised short ribs and he rattled off spices you can only buy in India....

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Can't get full on fancy, I keep it simple with some foods

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Cowboy Kent Rollins you've helped me so much with cast iron cooking that a thank you just doesn't feel like enough. You are really top notch. I can't wait to make these for my wife and tell her it was done in cast iron...

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If it costs more to buy just the various spices than it does to just buy it ready made - i ain't doing it!

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@@JNYC-gb1pp than you're just ain't eating good Bless Your Heart. (Just a Southern way of nicely saying you don't know good eatin')

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Thanks so much glad to have you join us

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My Granny (bless her soul) made some great biscuits. She used lard or shortening in hers, and buttermilk. She liked to make them big man sized, and nice and round so she used a canned milk can to cut them out. Those cans back in the day had soldered on lids, so she would melt the solder off the can in the coal stove and end up with a sharp edge to cut out her biscuits. She never complained much, except about those newfangled cans canned milk cones in now with a rim on both ends.

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Thanks Mark for sharing, them Grannies were special and are special people

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God bless you you're so funny I had no idea this was a comedy show

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Don't know about that but Ive been a cowboy and a cook most of my life

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I love this it reminds me of my Family in Tellico Plains TN thanx I did the hoppin hominy

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I would love to say to You and your lovely wife. I have really enjoyed your videos. Now I have. A hankerin to get some of your home style cookin. Thank you so much. It was a true hoot watchin and listnin to you. Please keep up the great work. Oh ! My wife is from New Zealand. Is she gonna love watchin your videos. And God Bless

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Alright, that did it! Now I'm hungry, I gotta find something to eat.

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Great show I'm gonna try them buscuits

[@tater357]

I've been looking for a great recipe for my biscuits. Thanks, I'm gonna give her a try in my Cast Iron Skillet this weekend.

[@tater357]

Thank Ya Partner. I cooked these this evening for my elderly parents and brothers and They ALL were really impressed. So Now, I added to my Starter and also made a second Starter so I can try to make a Loaf of bread.

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Really enjoy watching your videos. Just wanted to say that my son whom is an eagle scout and has been cooking with dutch ovens since he began scouting loves watching your videos as well. We are thinking of using your sloppy joe and smoky mack and cheese on our next outing Thank you all for sharing your videos, have a Merry Christmas and God bless yall....

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Thank-you, Kent!

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Our pleasure

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I use all that too been using that those cans r the best cutter and use a old flour sack to roll them on

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I wooda just told that tuperware lady ...yes maame that's a good idea

[@ShinKyuubi]

Gonna have to give this a try one day, my grandma only made Buttermilk Biscuits so I've only recently tried sourdough anything and I actually like it some so this will be a good first thing to try..make some good crispy bacon and some gravy and I got breakfast..gotta wait for my mouth to heal from the surgery though before I can have the bacon.

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Great video!

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Good show!

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Love your videos, humor and even though you did not put a link to your book on here I found it and ordered! Love ya and God bless.

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Thanks Kathleen, it was an older video, its all at www.kentrollins.com

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My book shipped out today. Always wanted a good sourdough recipe. Thank you.

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Love the stories Ken. From the King Ranch Kingsville, TX

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Thanks for watching

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What a showman

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Makes me want to buy the book

[@Sarah-zg5qs]

Cowboy Kent I also have sourdough starter and it's 8 years old I use it every week to make bread, tortillas or what ever else I want.

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Love me some sourdough bread

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My favorite video yet lol