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Title: Old Fashioned Buttermilk Biscuits
Categories: breads
Yield: 8 servings
1 1/2 c all-purpose flour
1/2 c cake flour
1/2 ts salt
2 ts baking powder
1/2 c cold unsalted butter
3/4 c buttermilk or heavy cream
1 (or more)
Preheat the oven to 450F; set rack in middle level. Prepare biscuit
dough.
COMBINE THE FLOURS, salt and baking powder in a mixing bowl and stir
well to mix. Rub in the butter by hand or with a pastry blender until
the mixture is mealy. Stir in 3/4 cup of the buttermilk with a fork
and continue stirring gently until the dough begins to hold together.
(If the dough is dry, add more buttermilk, 1 tablespoon at a time.)
Sprinkle the work surface generously with flour and scrape the dough
onto it. Fold the dough over on itself two or three times. Use the
dough immediately . Pat dough into a 6-by-12- inch rectangle and cut
into eight 3-inch biscuits with a sharp, floured knife. Transfer to a
parchment-lined cookie sheet. Paint tops with buttermilk. Bake for
10 to 15 minutes, until well risen and golden.
