Cream Biscuits
- 4 1/2 cups (or more) bleached all purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons Homemade Baking Powder
- 1 tablespoon coarse kosher salt
- 3/4 cup (11/2 sticks) chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 11/2 cups heavy whipping cream
- 3/4 cup half and half
- Position 1 rack in top third and 1 rack in bottom third of oven and preheat to 450F.
- Combine 41/2 cups flour, baking powder, and salt in large bowl; whisk to blend.
- Add butter cubes and rub in with fingertips until mixture resembles coarse meal.
- Add cream and half and half and stir just until mixture is moistened and begins to clump together.
- Turn out dough on floured work surface.
- Knead gently just until dough holds together, adding more flour by tablespoonfuls if dough is very sticky, about 6 turns.
- Roll out dough to 1/2-inch thickness.
- Using tines of fork dipped into flour, pierce dough all the way through at 1/2-inch intervals.
- Using 23/4- to 3-inch-diameter biscuit cutter or cookie cutter dipped in flour, cut out dough rounds.
- Transfer dough rounds to 2 ungreased rimmed baking sheets, spacing 1 inch apart.
- Bake biscuits until light golden brown and tester inserted into centers comes out clean, rotating baking sheets halfway through baking, about 14 minutes Total.
- Transfer biscuits to cooling racks and cool slightly.
- DO AHEAD: Biscuits can be baked 4 hours ahead.
- Let stand uncovered at room temperature.
- Place biscuits on ungreased rimmed baking sheets and rewarm in 375F oven for 5 minutes before serving.
flour, coarse kosher salt, butter, heavy whipping cream
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/cream-biscuits-241641 (may not work)