breakfast is the most important meal of the day as most nutritionists would say, so i eat breakfast food all day. my family would say it's an excuse why i am fat, but hey, i am making sure that all my meals are important. oh yeah, they tell me i'm fat. anyway, let's talk about this sandwich. the recipe ain't really about the sandwich itself, but more of the biscuit. i know this kind of sandwich ain't really worth posting but the biscuit was really good, if i say so myself. i rarely complement what i make but this one was actually good. surprisingly good.
this is not the first time i made biscuits. the first time was a few years back and it was quite tough to be honest. i thought it was how it was supposed to be, but looking back i know that i went overboard on the kneading. i can get a little knead-happy at times, you know. after that experience, i didn't make it until the day i made this.
the good thing about this biscuit is that it's really moist, buttery, soft and flaky. i basically checked off everything i was looking for in a biscuit. with that being said, this biscuit would hold up if you use it to make a sandwich, douse it with copious amounts of country gravy, or just smear it with butter.
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softest, flakiest and butteriest* buttermilk biscuits
what you need:
3 cups all purpose flour
1 tbsp sugar
4 tsp baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup (1 stick) chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1/4 inch cubes
1/4 cup shortening, cut into 1/4 inch cubes
1 cup cold buttermilk + 1/4 cup (optional) for brushing on top of biscuits before baking
what to do:
1. preheat oven to 425 degress F. Whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and baking soda in large bowl to blend.
2. using your fingers, food processor, or pastry blender, rub/pulse/cut chilled butter and shortening into flour until it resembles a course meal.
3. add buttermilk into the mixture and mix until it's moist. roll out dough into a well floured surface and cut dough into desired shapes (i like the square ones with scalloped edges). brush tops with buttermilk.
4. place biscuits 2 inches apart onto a lined baking pan and bake for 15 minutes or until lightly brown. serve warm with butter or slap on some bacon, eggs and cheese, coat with breading and deep fry!!!
* i did not know it was technically a real word!! you learn something new everyday.
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