Pumpkin Sage Biscuits With Fig Blue Cheese Butter

• FOR THE BISCUITS:
• 2 cups Flour
• 4 teaspoons Baking Powder
• 1 Tablespoon Sugar
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• 2 Tablespoons Fresh Sage, Minced
• 1/2 cups Cold Butter, Cut Into Small Pieces
• 1 Egg
• 1/2 cups Milk
• 1/2 cups Pumpkin Puree
• 1 Tablespoon Milk (for Brushing The Tops Of The Biscuits)
• FOR THE FIG BLUE CHEESE BUTTER:
• 6 ounces, weight Butter, Softened
• 3 ounces, weight Blue Cheese, Softened
• 4 Fresh Figs, Small Diced

1. For the biscuits:
2. 1. Preheat the oven to 350 F and prepare a sheet pan by topping it with a Silpat or parchment paper.
3. 2. In a large bowl, combine the dry ingredients (flour through salt) and the sage.
4. 3. Using a pastry cutter or two forks, cut the butter into the dry ingredients until well combined (but there will still be small bits of butter visible).
5. 4. In a smaller bowl, combine the egg, 1/2 cup milk and pumpkin.
6. 5. Pour the pumpkin mixture into the big bowl.
7. 6. Gently mix the contents until everything comes together as a sticky dough.
8. 7. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and gently shape the dough into a square, about 3/4" thick.
9. 8. Slice the square into 9 smaller squares.
10. 9. Place the biscuits onto the prepared sheet pan and gently rub a little milk on top of each biscuit.
11. 10. Bake the biscuits at 400 F for 12 minutes. Serve hot or at room temperature.
12. For the fig blue cheese butter:
13. 11. In a small food processor, combine the butter and blue cheese and whip until smooth.
14. 12. Fold in the chopped figs.
15. 13. Serve with the Pumpkin-Sage Biscuits.

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Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/breads/pumpkin-sage-biscuits-with-fig-blue-cheese-butter/ (may not work)