Day 4: Breakfast

Good morning.  It's a really great morning when you wake up to the smell of delicious homemade buttermilk biscuits.  Which, by the way, are delicious with apple butter.  My family loves the biscuits I make and I have several different ways to make them.  This is just one of many delicious biscuit recipes.

HOMEMADE BUTTERMILK BISCUITS


INGREDIENTS

• 2 CUPS ALL-PURPOSE FLOUR
• 2 TABLESPOONS BAKING POWDER
• 1/2TEASPOON SALT
• 1 STICK OF BUTTER
• 1CUP BUTTERMILK

DIRECTIONS

1. PREHEAT OVEN TO 450 DEGREES.  LIGHTLY GREASE BAKING SHEET.
2. MIX TOGETHER FLOUR, BAKING POWDER, AND SALT IN A LARGE BOWL.
3. CUT IN BUTTER WITH A PASTRY BLENDER UNTIL COARSE CRUMBS FORM.**
4. STIR IN BUTTERMILK WITH A FORK UNTIL A SOFT, MOIST DOUGH FORMS.
5. KNEAD DOUGH ON LIGHTLY FLOURED SURFACE UNTIL NO LONGER STICKY, 8 TIMES.
6. ROLL OR PAT OUT THE DOUGH TAKE CARE NOT TO MAKE IT TOO THIN ABOUT HALF AN INCH THICKNESS SHOULD DO.
7. CUT OUT BISCUITS USING WHAT EVER FLOURED CUTTER YOU LIKE.  TO MAKE TRADITIONAL SIZED BISCUITS USE A 3 INCH ROUND CUTTER WHICH SHOULD YIELD ABOUT 10 BISCUITS.
8. PLACE ON PREPARED BAKING SHEET.  RE-ROLL DOUGH SCRAPS AND REPEAT AS NEEDED.
9. BAKE UNTIL BISCUITS ARE GOLDEN, 9-12 MINUTES AND SERVE WARM

**MICROWAVE BUTTER THAT'S BEEN SITTING IN THE REFRIGERATOR FOR ABOUT 20 SECONDS TO SOFTEN IT UP.  IF USING MARGARINE DO NOT MICROWAVE AS IT WILL MELT**