Flaky biscuits with honey butter
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Serves: 12
 
This biscuit recipe asks you to get your hands dirty and then break out a rolling pin, but it's really not that intimidating. You'll press slices of butter between your fingers to flatten them before tossing them in the flour, then roll out and fold the dough a couple of times. It still comes together in one bowl and the results are spectacular, especially when topped with a generous smear of honey butter.
Ingredients
  • 2 c. flour
  • 1 T. sugar
  • 2½ t. baking powder
  • 1 t. salt
  • ¼ t. baking soda
  • ½ c. butter, cold
  • 1 c. buttermilk
  • HONEY BUTTER:
  • ½ c. butter, room temperature
  • ½ c. honey
  • ¾ t. salt
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
  2. Mix together the dry ingredients.
  3. Cut the butter into thin slices. Using your fingers, press the slices into very thin pieces and toss them in the flour mixture.
  4. Add the buttermilk and mix just until combined.
  5. Dump the dough onto a floured surface and roll it into a 15-inch square. Fold the right third of the dough on top of the middle third, then fold the left into the middle as well. Fold up the bottom third and down the top third so that you have a very tall, 5-inch square (it won't be perfect, don't worry!).
  6. Roll the dough back out to a 15-inch square and repeat the folding by thirds.
  7. Roll the dough to a 10-inch square and cut out biscuits with a biscuit cutter, a cookie cutter, or the top of a glass. Re-roll and cut the scrap dough once.
  8. Bake the biscuits for 12-14 minutes, until golden brown on the top and bottom. Enjoy warm with lots of honey butter.
  9. For the honey butter: Combine all of the ingredients in the bowl of a stand mixer. Beat at medium speed until the honey is incorporated, about 1 minute.
Recipe by f-chem 101 at http://www.fchem101.myerspdx.net/2015/04/flaky-biscuits-and-honey-butter/