Biscuits

I have not made too many biscuits in my life, and usually when I do they are not that good.  Then I found this recipe online and they are delicious! Cold butter makes them so good.  I cut my butter in small chunks and freeze it for a bit. You can also freeze the butter and shred it into the flour.


Perfect Homemade Biscuits

Ingredients:

3 cups all-purpose flour
3 Tbsp. sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
4 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. cream of tartar
3/4 cup COLD butter
1 egg
1 cup whole milk

Directions:

Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

The secret to excellent biscuits is COLD BUTTER! Really cold.  Often the biscuit dough gets worked so much that the butter softens before the biscuits even go in the oven.  Try cutting the butter into small pieces and stick back in the fridge pulling out only when ready to incorporate into the dough.

Combine the dry ingredients in a large bowl.

Use a pastry cutter to cut cold butter into the flour mixture.  Don't go too crazy here - you want to see small pea -size pieces of butter throughout the dough.

Add in the milk and egg and mix just until the ingredients are combined.  The dough will be sticky but don't keep working it.  You should be able to see butter pieces in the dough.

Turn the dough out onto a generously floured surface.  Sprinkle some flour on the top of the dough so it won't stick to your fingers and knead 10-15 times.  If the dough is super sticky just sprinkle on more flour.

Pat the dough out to 3/4 - 1 inch thickness and cut with a biscuit cutter or glass.  I actually just cut them in squares when I couldn't find my biscuit cutters!  Should get 9-12 biscuits.

Place the biscuits on a lightly greased baking sheet or parchment lined baking sheet.  Bake for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown on top.

For over the top biscuits, brush the tops with melted butter.