buttermilk Biscuits

Buttermilk Biscuits

You will need:

• 2 cups flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 6 tablespoon cold butter cut into small cubes
• 1 cups cold buttermilk (or if you dont have buttermilk make some by adding 2 tablespoon of vinegar or lemon juice to 1 cup of fresh milk - )

Preheat your oven to 232 degrees Celsius 0r 450 degrees Fahrenheit.

Using a wire whisk mix all the dry ingredients together. Then rub in the cold butter either by using your fingertips or the pastry cutter (see picture below- a good tool to have) until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. If you are in a temperate place like mine, you might want to place the butter/flour mixture in the refrigerator for a while. before the next step

Form a well in the middle of your flour mixture. Add the buttermilk.  Very gently incorporate the liquid into the dry ingredients. handle as little as possible!  Use a little buttermilk first instead of using all because you can always put more but you cannot take out. The dough  will be a little sticky.

spread some flour on the rolling board and using your fingers spread the dough into 1 inch thick. You use a glass to ut out round shaped biscuits (do not rotate your glass/cutter when cutting) or you can simple cut them in squares like I did. Place them in a greased pan close to each other to avoid crusty sides. Bake in the oven for 10 -12 minutes.

Enjoy them warm straight from the oven with butter and jam or serve them with Country Fried Steak with white gravy..

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