Buttermilk Biscuits

Recipe Ingredients

2 3/4 cups	171g / 6oz	All-purpose flour
1 1/2 tablespoons	22ml	Sugar
1 tablespoon	15ml	Baking powder - plus
1 teaspoon	5ml	Baking powder
2 teaspoons	10ml	Salt
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Baking soda
10 tablespoons	150ml	Unsalted butter - (5 oz) - chilled, and
		Cut into small pieces
1/4 cup	15g / 0.5oz	Minced onion
1 tablespoon	15ml	Chopped fresh thyme
		= (or 2 tspns dried thyme)
1 cup	237ml	Buttermilk
1 tablespoon	15ml	Milk or cream - (to 2)
1/4 cup	36g / 1.3oz	Grated Parmesan cheese - (optional)

Recipe Instructions

In a food processor fitted with the steel blade, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and baking soda. Add the butter, onion, and thyme, and process until the mixture resembles fine meal. With the machine running, pour the buttermilk through the feed tube, just until the dough comes together.

Turn out onto a well-floured work surface and knead lightly into a round ball. Roll out the dough to about 1-inch thickness, and with a 2-inch cookie cutter, cut out as many biscuits as you can. Repeat this procedure until you have used all the dough, giving you 20 to 22 biscuits. Arrange the biscuits, as cut, on two parchment-lined baking trays. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour, up to 24 hours.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Brush the top of each biscuit with milk or cream and sprinkle with the Parmesan cheese, if desired. Bake 25 to 35 minutes, until lightly golden. Serve warm.

Delicious by themselves, these biscuits are great with soup or served with butter and honey, or your favorite preserves.

This recipe yields 20 to 22 biscuits.

Source:
Wolfgang Puck at http://www.cooking.com/wolfgang/

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