David Lee’s Biscuits (from old BC thread) by dvdlee

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David Lee’s Biscuits

Forgot to add the basic biscuit ratio we used.
For each cup of White Lily Flour OR 3/4 cup bleached Gold Medal + 1/4 cup Cake Flour:
1 & 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/8 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2-2 & 1/2 Tablespoons butter (or 50/50 shortening/butter)
1/3 cup buttermilk
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So for a 2 cup recipe you'd have:
2 cups White Lily OR 1 & 1/2 cups AP + 1/2 cup cake flour
1 Tablespoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
4-5 Tablespoons butter
2/3 cup buttermilk
(continue to multiply the ratio proportions to increase the amount of biscuit dough)
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Preheat oven to 450F.
Blend all flour/dry ingredients together until well mixed.
Cut fat into flour until you can't feel any 'lumps' of butter -- but if you compress the flour it will almost hold together.
Add the buttermilk in one fell swoop and gently mix together (treat it like a muffin batter, mix as little as possible -- a dough whisk is GREAT for this)
Turn onto a floured counter - gently press the dough together using the motions of kneading -- but not as much pressure. The dough will come together. Press the dough out until its around 1/2" - 2/3" inch thick. Cut into rounds. Put on ungreased baking sheet. Bake for 13 minutes (you should check on them after 13 minutes -- they will more than likely take a little longer -- but 13 minutes is when you need to take a peek!)
You can brush the tops with sweet milk, butter or nothing at all. Presonal pref. here.
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DvdLee had visited K2Q in SF, CA when he was there for his transplant surgery and they got together for a biscuit making lesson...and the above recipe(s) were used in their lesson.

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