Chef's Quick Tips: Buttermilk Biscuits

This week Chef Bill Hall of Roasted in Stamford shares with Tina Redwine various holiday recipes.
Buttermilk Biscuits 
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon dry buttermilk ( can be found in the grocery store usually by the powdered milk )
6 tablespoons butter
3/4 cup cold milk
Directions:
Mix all dry ingredients together
Cut the butter into the flour until a course mixture is left
Add the buttermilk and mix to a dough. Do not over mix
Place the dough on the table and press out to a rectangle (1/2 inch thick)
Fold the dough into thirds
Press the dough out again to a rectangle and fold into thirds
Repeat this procedure one more time.
Press the dough out into a 1/2 inch thick rectangle
Using a cutter cut 12 biscuits out. Gather and reshape the dough as needed.
Place on a sheet pan and bake at 450 degrees about 12 minutes until golden.
(Optional )Brush with melted butter and sprinkle with sugar when the biscuits come out of the oven.
 
Contact: 
Bill Hall
Roasted
148 Bedford St, Stamford, CT 06901