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Southern Biscuits
Keyword
Culinary 1
Ingredients
2
cups
flour
4
teaspoons
baking powder
1/4
teaspoon
baking soda
3/4
teaspoon
salt
2
tablespoons
butter
very cold + 3 tablespoons melted butter
2
tablespoons
shortening
chilled
1
cup
buttermilk
very cold
Instructions
Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
Using your fingertips or a pastry cutter, combine butter and shortening into dry ingredients until mixture looks like crumbs.
Make a well in the center and pour in the chilled buttermilk.
Stir JUST until the dough comes together.
Turn dough onto floured surface, dust top with flour and gently fold dough over on itself 2 or 3 times.
Press into a 1 ½ inch thick round.
Cut out biscuits with a 2-inch cutter, being sure to push straight down through the dough.
Place biscuits on baking sheet so that they just touch. Reform scrap dough, working it as little as possible and continue cutting.
Bake until biscuits are tall and light gold on top, 15 to 20 minutes.
Brush with melted butter