Good Old Fashioned Buttermilk Baking Powder Tea Biscuits
Makes 6 gorgeous biscuits
Prep Time5 minutes mins
Cook Time15 minutes mins
Total Time20 minutes mins
Course: Biscuits
Cuisine: Canadian
Servings: 6
Author: Valerie Lugonja
- 2 cups or 300g flour
- 4 teaspoons or 20g baking powder
- 1/2 or 2.5g teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup or 60g ice cold butter , cubed
- 1 cup or 200g buttermilk
Pre-heat oven to 450 F
Place first three ingredients into a food processor with the steel blade
Add frozen butter in even chunks
Process three to four times, quickly, until the fat looks like flat oatmeal or, the butter is about the size of peas
Incorporate the liquid gently, until mixture just comes together; do not overwork this dough, or the biscuits will be tough
Roll dough between parchment paper about 2 inches thick; cut into desired shapes
Bake at 450 F for 12 to15 minutes until golden on the bottom and lightly golden on the top
Instructions for the Thermomix:
Pre-heat oven to 450 F
Scale first three ingredients into the TM bowl; combine for 5 seconds at speed 2
Scale cubed butter into TM bowl; pulse on turbo 3 times for 1 second each until the fat looks like flat oatmeal or, the butter is about the size of peas
Scale the buttermilk into the TM bowl; mix to just combine at speed 0-5 for 6 seconds
Knead for 30 seconds; remove from bowl and place on lightly floured surface
Roll dough between parchment paper about 2 inches thick; cut into desired shapes
Bake at 450 F for 12 to15 minutes until golden on the bottom and lightly golden on the top