David Lee’s Southern Style Biscuits by zen

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David Lee’s Southern Style Biscuits
Submitted by KitchenBarbaria... on March 09, 2015 at 6:44 pm

DESCRIPTION
David Lee's original recipe for Southern Biscuits from the old Baking Circle ca 2004

SUMMARY
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INGREDIENTS
For each cup of White Lily Flour OR 3/4 cup bleached Gold Medal + 1/4 cup Cake Flour:
1.5 tsp baking powder
1/8 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
2 to 2.5 T butter (or 50/50 shortening/butter)
1/3 cup buttermilk

INSTRUCTIONS
Preheat oven to 450F.
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Blend all flour/dry ingredients together until well mixed.
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Cut fat into flour until you can't feel any 'lumps' of butter -- but if you compress the flour it will almost hold together.
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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)
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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.
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Cut into rounds. Put on ungreased baking sheet.
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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!)
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You can brush the tops with sweet milk, butter or nothing at all. Personal pref. here.

comments
Submitted by bakeraunt on Sat, 2016-02-06 15:32.
This is my go-to biscuit recipe. I do, however, recommend cutting the baking powder from 1.5 tsp. to 1 tsp.
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I always make a double recipe.

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