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Viewed: 43 - Published at: 7 years agoIngredients
- 4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 12 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces, plus more for greasing
- 1 1/2 cups cold buttermilk
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper, not super fine and not coarse, somewhere in between
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
Method
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Grease a baking sheet with butter or line with parchment paper.
- Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl.
- Combine until the ingredients are incorporated.
- Cut in the butter using your fingers or a pastry cutter until the mixture resembles coarse meal.
- Add the buttermilk and gently mix until the mixture just begins to come together.
- Scrape the dough onto a lightly floured counter.
- Pat the dough into a 10 by 12-inch rectangle about 3/4-inch thick.
- Cut into 2-inch squares or use a 2-inch round cutter to cut out biscuits.
- Press together the scraps of dough, and repeat the process.
- Place the biscuits on the prepared baking sheet.
- Brush the tops with cream and sprinkle with the black pepper.
- Bake the biscuits until lightly golden brown, 12 to 15 minutes.
- Brush the tops with the melted butter.
- Cool on a baking rack.
