Cream Biscuits
- Ready In:
- 54mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Yields:
-
20 biscuits
ingredients
- 4 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour (or more)
- 2 tablespoons baking powder (he suggests using a homemade version of this. There are serveral recipes on Zaar)
- 1 tablespoon coarse kosher salt
- 3⁄4 cup chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
- 1 1⁄2 cups heavy whipping cream
- 3⁄4 cup half-and-half
directions
- Position one rack in top third and 1 rack in bottom third of oven and preheat to 450 degrees.
- Combine 4 1/2 cups flour, baking soda and salt in large bowl; whisk to blend.
- Add butter cubes and rub in with fingertips until mixture resembles coarse meal.
- Add cream and half and half and stir just until mixture is moistened and begins to clump together.
- Turn dough out onto a floured work surface.
- Knead gently just until dough holds together, adding more flour by tablespoonfuls if dough is very sticky,about 6 turns.
- Roll out dough to 1/2 inch-thickness.
- Using tines of a fork dipped into flour, pierce dough all the way through at 1/2 inch intervals.
- Using a 2 3/4 to 3-inch biscuit or cookie cutter dipped in flour, cut out dough rounds. Transfer dough rounds to 2 ungreased rimmed baking sheets, spacing 1 inch apart.
- Bake biscuits until light golden brown and tester inserted into centers comes out clean, rotating baking sheets halfway through baking ( 7 minutes), about 14 minutes total baking time.
- Transfer biscuits to cooling racks and cool slightly.Biscuits will be best if prepared not more than 4 hours ahead of time. Place biscuits on ungreased baking sheet and rewarm in a 375 degree oven for about 5 minutes before serving.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Leslie in Texas
Spring, Texas