Old Fashioned Buttermilk Biscuits

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Old Fashioned Buttermilk Biscuits

 

1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 cup cake flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 cup unsalted butter, cold

3/4 cups buttermilk, or more

 

Preheat the oven to 450 F; set rack in middle level.

 

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 x 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.

 

 

 

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