Traditional Buttermilk Tea Biscuits
Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
1 1/4 tablespoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup of buttermilk
The butter must be very cold. Grate it against the wide side of your grater
Preparation
1
PREHEAT oven to 400F
2
LINE one baking sheet with parchment paper
3
WHISK together first 4 ingredients
4
ADD grated butter, combining with a fork. Dough should resemble coarse crumbs.
5
ADD buttermilk and stir until dough comes together in a shaggy mess - hey, no other way to describe it!
6
LIGHTLY flour work surface
7
MOVE dough onto work surface and pat into a square about 1 inch thick
8
FOLD dough in half
9
PAT dough gently down into 1 inch thick square
10
WITH floured biscuit cutter or drinking glass, cut out circles. This recipe made 7 large biscuits for me.
11
PLACE biscuits on parchment lined baking sheet
12
13
BAKE for 15-18 minutes. Mine were perfect at 16 minutes on the dot !
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About
see my blog for details
http://lemondropsfoodie.blogspot.com/2011/02/traditional-buttermilk-tea-biscuits.html
Yield:
7.0 large biscuits
Added:
Friday, February 18, 2011 - 8:19am
Comments
April 12, 2013
Simply amaizing! So easy to make and supper yummy. I added a little chedder cheese on top. 5 star! Thank you for sharing your recipie.