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Ingredients
- 2 cups flour, all-purpose
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 13 cup butter, unsalted chilled and cut into small pieces
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
- 1 x butter, unsalted metled, for brushing
Method
- Preheat the oven to 475 degrees F.
- Sift the flour, baking powder and salt over a large bowl.
- Cut in butter with a pastry cutter or your fingers until mixture resembles coarse meal.
- Pour in the buttermilk and blend with a wooden spoon until the flour is moistened and the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl.
- Turn out on a lightly floured cutting board or working surface.
- Knead the dough until smooth about 2 minutes, and roll out to 3/4 inch thick.
- Cut out and place on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray or lined with parchment papper.
- Brush the top with the melted butter.
- Bake until golden brown about 15 minutes.
- Cool on the baking sheet on a wire rack for about 5 minutes.
- Serve warm or place the biscuits on the wire rack to cool completely.
