The best Southern biscuits are made with soft winter wheat flour. White Lily is the brand most of us buy.
The type of flour is very, very important to the end result.
https://www.whitelily.com/products/traditional-flour/enriched-bleached-all-purpose-flour
You can order it from Amazon or Wal-Mart and shipping is free if you order over $35 total cart value at Wal-Mart or free if you are an Amazon Prime member.
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White Lily is the best flour for biscuits! My Aunt had been trying to make biscuits like my Grandmother used to make and could never get it just right. I visited the mountains where they were from and found they all used White Lily so I shipped some flour to her. Viola! Problem solved!
The best biscuits are made with White Lilly flour, and buttermilk, which causes the baking powder to activate and produce fluffy biscuits. Normal milk will not do this. Before adding the buttermilk, you need to mix the flour, shortening, butter, and baking powder cold and dry, and there is a special kitchen tool for this.