Best Buttermilk Biscuits

Best Buttermilk Biscuits

Ingredients:
wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched
leavening agents, baking powder, double-acting, sodium aluminum sulfate
sugars, granulated
salt, table
cream, whipped, cream topping, pressurized
butter, without salt
milk, buttermilk, fluid, cultured, lowfat

Directions:
Preheat oven to 450F.
In a large mixing bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, sugar, salt and cream of tartar.
Slice butter into cubes and cut into flour mixture until pea-sized crumbs form.
Add buttermilk and stir with a fork untl mixture is moistened.
Turn dough onto a lightly floured surface, kneeding and folding dough until it holds together.
Be careful not to handle too much, or the biscuits will become tough and butter will melt.
With a lightly floured rolling pin, roll dough until 1/4-inch thick.
Cut out biscuits with a 2 1/2-inch biscuit cutter and place 1 inch apart on an ungreased baking sheet.
Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until raised and golden brown.
Serve warm.