The Best Biscuits

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I did a Google search for the best biscuits and I found this recipe on at momontimeout.com I am not convinced that they are the best, yet. They are really good. Mine did not bake up as high as her photos on the website. I will use this recipe again and see what happens. They taste really good, I’d just like them to raise a little more when they bake. Here is her recipe with my notes-

Ingredients-

3 cups flour
3 T sugar
1/2 t salt
4 t baking powder
1/2 t cream of tartar
3/4 cup cold butter
1 egg
1 cup whole milk

Method-

  1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees
  2. Mom on Timeout says that the secret to excellent biscuits is cold butter. I actually took mine out of the freezer and grated it on the big holes of my cheese grater. This was an excellent idea minus the incredibly frozen fingers i ended up with.
  3. Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl.
  4. Since my butter was grated i just mixed it into the dry ingredients with a large spoon and broke up larger chunks quickly with my fingers. You don’t want to mix so much that your butter gets too soft.
  5. I took the milk and egg straight from the refrigerator. Add to the dry ingredient and butter mixture and mix just until everything is well combined.
  6. Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and knead it just a few times then shape into a round.
  7. I used a floured rolling pin to roll it out to a 1 inch thickness. Then cut with a biscuit cutter and place on a parchment lined baking sheet.
  8. Bake for 10-15 minutes or until lightly browned on the top.
  9. Brush the tops with melted butter. The recipe says it makes 12, I got 9.

 

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