Basic Buttermilk Biscuits

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Basic Buttermilk Biscuits

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Serving Size : 12 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Breakfast

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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3 1/2 cups Flour
1 teaspoon Salt
1 tablespoon Sugar
4 teaspoons Baking powder
1 teaspoon Baking soda
4 tablespoons Butter
2 Eggs -- lightly beaten
1 1/2 cups Buttermilk
Spray shortening and corn-
Meal for coating pan

Preheat oven to 400~. In a food processor or a large bowl,mix 3 cups of
the flour with salt,sugar,baking powder and baking soda. Cut the butter into
the dry ingredients until the mixture is textured like cornmeal. Separately
mix the eggs with the buttermilk,and stir all but
2 tbs.of this liquid into the dry mixture. Mix just enough to make a uniformly
moistened dough. Dust a clean work surface with 1/2 the remaining flour,and
turn the dough out onto the floured surface. Sprinkle the top with the rest of
the flour,and with floured hands,gently
push the dough into a circle about 1/2" thick.. Cut with a 2" or 3
" biscuit cutter,and place buscuits close
together on a grease and cormeal coated cookie sheet. You will get about 12
biscuits. Brush the tops of the biscuits with the reserved buttermilk egg
mixture. Bake in the preheated oven until puffed and brown,about 15 minutes
.Cool
for a few minutes before serving.

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