Edie’s Biscuits Crowned Best In Louisiana By National Food Critics

(KMDL-FM) If you grew up in the South or have spent at least one weekend morning there, you are familiar with this region of the country's love affair with the biscuit. A national food website, The Takeout, recently completed a study of Southern-style biscuits and concluded that a popular Lafayette, Louisiana restaurant makes some of the best biscuits in the region.

Golden brown biscuit with two butter packets

The website's editors even went so far as to say this iconic Lafayette biscuit bakery creates the best biscuits in the entire state. If you've ever had biscuits in Lafayette or ever discussed the concept of having biscuits in Lafayette, then you know the restaurant in question is Edie's.

An Old Family Recipe is Behind The Best Biscuits in Louisiana

Edie's has been a biscuit institution in Lafayette for more than 30 years, and the original recipe, which is still in use today, can be traced directly back to the owner's mother. Perhaps it's that bit of "motherly love" that gives Edie's biscuits their flavor and charm.

a close up of dough circles on a table

Many Southern eateries that offer biscuits often treat them as a "side dish" or something that soaks up gravy. While we don't besmirch that kind of thinking, we do know at Edie's the biscuit isn't an afterthought; it's the star of the show.

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If you've ever had the pleasure of seeing a pan of biscuits come out of the oven at Edie's, you can probably imagine the golden-hued goodness that crowns each morsel. Beneath that buttery crown is a soft bed of biscuit heaven. The kind of softness that, if you could put it in a mattress, we'd never get out of bed.

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And speaking of biscuits and getting out of bed, Edie's has somehow mastered the ability to create a large, fluffy biscuit that doesn't sit like wet concrete in your stomach once you've eaten it. Let's face it, the purpose of the biscuit back in the day was to keep a working man's or woman's stomach full until lunch. Edie's biscuits do offer a filling meal, but not the kind of meal that weighs heavily on your inner constitution.

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The Takeout article also mentioned the different flavors, varieties, and additions you can get to your biscuit. Personally, honey-drizzled and perhaps the blueberry would be my favorite, but we each have our own reasons for "biscuiting" at Edie's.

Congratulations to Edie's; again, we're not surprised. If you'd like to see the other biscuit bakers in the South that earned accolades on The Takeout's list, it's right here. And if you're interested in bringing biscuits for the office, according to our web searches, we found the going price for honey biscuits to be about $17.25 for a dozen or $8.75 for a half dozen.

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And if you're looking for some other ideas of "What's Good" as far as breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, and more, here is our own list of 10 Can't Miss Meals in Acadiana. Enjoy, and save some room for dessert.