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flour baking powder sugar salt unsalted butter egg well-shaken turbinado sugar cinnamon butter parchment paper
Viewed: 54 - Published at: 7 years agoIngredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/4 sticks (1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons) unsalted butter, 1 stick cold and cut into 1/2-inch cubes and 2 tablespoons melted
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup well-shaken chilled buttermilk
- 3 tablespoons turbinado sugar such as Sugar in the Raw
- 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- Accompaniments: softened butter and jam
- parchment paper; a 2 1/2-inch round biscuit cutter
Method
- Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 400°F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Whisk together flour, baking powder, granulated sugar, and salt in a bowl. Blend in butter cubes with your fingertips or a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal. Stir together egg and buttermilk in another bowl, then add to flour mixture, stirring with a fork until a dough forms.
- Gather dough into a ball, then turn out onto a floured surface and gently knead 7 or 8 times. Roll out dough with a floured rolling pin into a 1/2-inch-thick round and cut out as many biscuits as possible with biscuit cutter. Gather scraps and knead once, then pat out into a 1/2-inch-thick round and cut out more biscuits.
- Arrange biscuits 1 inch apart on baking sheet and brush tops and sides with melted butter. Stir together turbinado sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle over biscuits (sugar will form a crust).
- Bake until golden brown and cooked through, about 15 minutes. Transfer biscuits to a rack and cool to warm, about 10 minutes.
