BJ Brinker’s Home Cooking: Small Batch Buttermilk Biscuits

 Flakey, buttery, and so good.   Great for 2-4 people.  You can add 2 tablespoons of sourdough starter discard to this to make it even more tasty.

SMALL BATCH BUTTERMILK BISCUITS

   (makes 4 to 4 1/2 biscuits)

Ingredients:

*1 cup all-purpose flour

*1 teaspoon granulated sugar

*1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

*1/4 teaspoon salt

*3 tablespoons cold butter, cut into small pieces

*1/2 cup buttermilk

Directions:

~Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

~In a medium bowl, whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt together.

~Add cold butter and using a fork or finger break up butter into flour, until mixture is crumbly.

~Add butter milk and mix until most of the flour is mixed in.

~Place dough onto the counter and fold it over several times until all ingredients are well incorporated.

~Pat out dough and cut out biscuits with a biscuit cutter.

~Grease cookie sheet or small cast iron pan with melted butter or spray with cooking spray.

~Place on a cookie sheet or a cast-iron pan.

~Pat dough back out and cut another biscuit (repeat until you have 4 biscuits).

~Roll any remaining dough into a ball and put in pan.

~Place in preheated oven and bake for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown.