"go To" Southern Buttermilk Biscuits

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour (preferably lily)
• 3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 1 cup buttermilk (or 1tbsp vinegar in 1c sweet milk)
• 3 tablespoons butter (cold, unsalted)
• 5 tablespoons shortening (preferably butter flavored)
• 2 tablespoons butter (melted, for brushing)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 450* farenheit.
• 2 while oven is warming, mix flour with baking powder and salt. then, cut cold ingredients (butter, shortening) into dry mixture with a pastry blender or two knives until no particles larger than pebbles are present; refrigerate mixture until the oven reaches temperature.
• 3 mix in buttermilk until mixture just comes together as a sticky dough; how much you use will depend on the day's humidity.
• 4 knead on a well floured surface by patting dough out into a sheet, then folding in half and in half again. repeat 4 times.
• 5 using a biscuit cutter or a drinking glass, cut rounds that are about 3" in diameter.
• 6 place on a cookie sheet lined with aluminum foil (no grease needed) so that sides are touching.
• 7 bake for 14-16 minutes, until tops are golden brown.
• 8 if desired, brush with melted butter before serving.
• 9 serve plain with butter, or with honey/jelly/jam/apple butter, or use to make breakfast sandwiches with bacon/sausage/egg/cheese or any combination thereof.