Easy Homemade Biscuits from Taste of the South Magazine

Easy Homemade Biscuits from Taste of the South Magazine

Ingredients:
butter, without salt
wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched
milk, buttermilk, fluid, cultured, lowfat
butter, without salt

Directions:
Cut softened butter into flour with a pastry blender or 2 forks just until butter cubes are coated with flour.
Using your hands, gently combine until mixture resembles small peas.
Stir in buttermilk with a fork just until blended.
(Mixture will be wet.
).
Turn dough out onto a generously floured surface, and pat to 1/2 inch thickness with your hands.
Don't use a rolling pin here.
Cut dough with a well-floured 2-inch round cutter, and place on lightly greased baking sheets.
Bake at 450 degrees for 9-11 minutes or until lightly browned.
Remove from oven and brush warm biscuits with melted butter.
Serve immediately.
Easy Cheddar Biscuits: Add 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese to butter and flour mixture just before adding buttermilk.
Proceed as directed.