Baking Powder Biscuits

🧂 Ingredients

• 2 cups AP flour

  plus more for the surface
• 1 Tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cane sugar
• 5 Tablespoons cold butter, cubed
• 1 cup buttermilk

  see below

Instructions

• 1 Preheat oven to 425° F and set aside a large cookie sheet.
• 2 In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt and sugar.
• 3 Using a pastry cutter or two forks, cut in the cold butter. Combine with dry
  ingredients until mixture is crumbly and resembles cornmeal, with pea-sized
  clumps. Keep the butter as cold as possible and avoid heating or melting.
• 4 Slowly pour in the milk and stir with a fork until a shaggy dough comes
  together. By floured hand, knead the dough 2 to 3 times to form into a ball.
• 5 Drop dough onto a large, well-floured surface. Knead dough 10 to 12 times,
  rotating and/or flipping dough each time. Pat down to approximately 1 inch
  thick.
• 6 Using a 2 or 2.5 inch round cutter, cut biscuits straight down (do not twist
  cutter). Place biscuits on ungreased pan 2 inches apart.
• 7 Reform and cut scraps, kneading gently, 1 to 2 more times to finish dough.
• 8 Bake on 425° F for 12 to 14 minutes until golden brown.
• 9 Enjoy immediately (best) or store on the counter in an airtight container for up
  to 2 days.

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