Recipe:Basic Biscuits

Basic Recipe

• 1.5 cups all purpose flour (NOT bread flour)
• .5 cup whole wheat flour
• 3/4 cup milk + a little
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 4 tsp baking powder
• 4 tablespoons (2oz) butter

Don't bother sifting. Mix dry ingredients. Chop cold butter into little chunks, use hands to rub into flour. Add milk and mix, should make into a thick biscuit dough. Don't bother mixing very much, don't want to really 'knead' it at all. Bake on ungreased sheet in a 400-425 degree oven for 12-15 minutes.

Dough should be a little bit wet-sticky rather than dry on the surface. If you have super crazy baking powder, cut down on the baking powder. This is doubled from the recipe we started with.

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Comment: These have now come out too flat a couple times in a row. Maybe we're using a bad baking powder. maybe we should not use any whole wheat flour

Aug 11 2010

2 x baking powder to see if that helps, yes, a little extra milk