Southern Living Biscuits
- 1/2 cup cold butter
- 2 1/4 cup self-rising soft-wheat flout
- 1 1/4 cup buttermilk
- 1 self rising soft wheat flour
- 2 tbsp melted butter
- cut butter with pastry blender into 1/4 inch slices
- sprinkle butter slices over flour in a large bowl.
- Toss butter with flour.
- Cut butter into flour with a pastry blender until crumbly and mixture resembles small peas.
- Cover and chill for 10 minutes.
- Add buttermilk, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistendd.
- turn dough out onto lightly floured surface.
- Knead 3 or 4 times, gradually adding additional flour as needed.
- With floured hands, press or parlt dougg into a 3/4 inch thick rectangle (about 9 x 5 inches).
- Sprinkle top of dough with additional flour.
- Fold dough over onto itself in 3 sections, starting with 1 short end.
- Fold dough rectangle as if folding a letter.
- Repeat entire process 2 more times, beginning with pressing into a 3/4 inch thick dough rectangle about 9 x 5 inches.
- press or pat dough to 1/2 inch thickness on a lightly floured surface ; cut with a 2 inch round cutter; place side by side on a lightly greased jelly roll pan: touching
- bake at 450F gir 13 - 15 minutes or lightly browned.
- Remove from oven; brush with melted butter
- BLACK PEPPER-BACON BISCUITS: combine 1/3 cup cooked and crumbled bacon (about 5 slices) and 1 teaspoon black pepper with flour
- CINAMMON-RAISIN BISCUITS: omit 2 Tblsp melted butter.
- Combine 1/2 cup golden raisins, 1/2 tsp ground cinammon and 1/3 cup chopped pecans with flour.
- Stir together 1/2 cup powdered sugar and 2 Tbsp buttermilk until smooth.
- Drizzle over warm biscuits.
- FETA-OREGANO BISCUITS: combine 4 oz pkg crumbled feta and 1/2 tsp dried oregano with flour.
- PIMIENTO CHEESE BISCUITS: combine 4 oz shredded sharp cheddar with flour.
- Reduce buttermilk to 1 cup.
- Stir together buttermilk and 4 oz
cold butter, flout, buttermilk, soft wheat flour, butter
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/332706-southern-living-biscuits (may not work)