Baking Powder Biscuits
Serves: 5
Terry Wiza
1 January 1970
Based on User reviews:
38
Spice
60
Sweetness
55
Sourness
38
mins
Prep time (avg)
5.5
Difficulty
Ingredients:
Directions:
1
Preheat oven to 425 degrees
2
Into a large bowl sift together flour, baking powder, and salt
3
Cut butter into bits and with your fingertips or a pastry blender blend butter into flour mixture until mixture resembles coarse meal
4
Add milk and heavy cream, stirring with a wooden spoon until just combined (mixture will be wet)
5
Transfer dough to a well-floured surface and with floured hands turn dough to coat evenly
6
Knead dough gently 4 to 6 times, or just until smooth (do not overwork dough)
7
Pat or roll out dough into an 8-inch round (slightly more than 1/2-inch thick)
8
Using a floured 2 to 2 1/2-inch star-shaped or round cutter cut out biscuits and arrange about 1-inch apart on baking sheets
9
Gently pat out or roll out dough scraps and cut out more biscuits in same manner
10
Bake biscuits, 1 sheet at a time, in middle of oven until pale golden and cooked through, 10 to 12 minutes
11
Transfer biscuits as baked to a basket lined with a cloth and cover with cloth to keep warm and moist
12
Serve biscuits with butter