Southern-Style Pull-Apart Biscuits

• 11/2 cups cake flour
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 cup cold unsalted butter, plus 1 to 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, for brushing the biscuits
• 11/2 cups cold buttermilk

1. 1. Preheat the oven to 375u0b0. Butter a 9-by-13-inch baking pan. In a large bowl, stir together the cake flour, 11/2 cups all-purpose flour, the sugar, the baking powder, the salt and the baking soda.
2. 2. Using medium-size holes on a box grater, grate the cold butter into the flour, tossing often to coat the butter with flour. Using a pastry blender or your fingers, work the butter into the flour mixture until it forms 1/4-inch pieces.
3. 3. Gently fold in the buttermilk until the flour is mostly incorporated. Don't overmix; the batter should be thick, sticky and lumpy.
4. 4. Place the remaining 1/2 cup all-purpose flour in a small bowl. Scoop about 1/3 cup of dough into the flour, rolling the dough to coat it evenly. Gently roll or pat the dough into a round ball and drop it into the baking pan. Repeat with remaining dough, so that 5 biscuits line up along the long side of the pan and 3 across the short side; leave small gaps between the dough balls. Flatten the tops slightly and brush with the melted butter.
5. 5. Bake in the upper third of the oven for 18 to 22 minutes or until no longer doughy in the center and browned on the tops.

cake flour, flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, baking soda, cold unsalted butter, cold buttermilk

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/southern-style-pull-apart-biscuits-50079222 (may not work)