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Good Old Fashioned Buttermilk Baking Powder Tea Biscuits

Makes 6 gorgeous biscuits
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
Course: Biscuits
Cuisine: Canadian
Servings: 6
Author: Valerie Lugonja

Ingredients

  • 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

Instructions

  • 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