If you prefer, you can also purchase the biscuit mix directly from any of the Cracker Barrel stores. You can also prepare the mix yourself if you don’t have it. For this, you will just need a cup of flour, ½ teaspoon of salt, 1-1/2 teaspoons of baking powder, and 2-1/2 tablespoons of melted butter or oil.
Mix Bisquick, buttermilk, and sugar together. Add melted butter and stir until a soft dough forms. Turn dough onto a floured surface. Knead and roll out dough. Cut out biscuits with a floured biscuit cutter or glass. Place biscuits next to each other in an ungreased cake pan. Flatten biscuits slightly. Bake at 450 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes.
Place the flour in a large bowl. Cut in the shortening with a pastry blender or fork until it resembles coarse crumbs. Add the buttermilk and mix well for 1 minute. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface. Cut as desired with biscuit cutters.
This copycat recipe will give you light and fluffy biscuits just like you get at Cracker Barrel restaurants. Cracker Barrel is said to only use White Lily brand flour, so use that brand for the closest results to what they serve at the restaurant. Place the flour in a large bowl.