Cabin Baking: Scallion Black Pepper Biscuits

By nnlester

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 3 scallions, white and light green parts only, thinly sliced
• 1 1/4 to 1/2 cups buttermilk, shaken
• Egg wash (1 large egg + 1 tablespoon water or buttermilk or milk, beaten), for topping
• Freshly cracked black pepper, for topping

Details

Servings 6
Preparation time 15mins
Cooking time 32mins
Adapted from acozykitchen.com

Preparation

Step 1

I’m pretty sure there’s a law somewhere that states that if you’re in a cabin in the middle of the woods, you have to bake biscuits in a cast iron with fluffy socks on.

and booked it a month ago, when snow had just fallen and I was dreaming of a very snowy time. Unfortunately temperatures have warmed and a lot of the snow melted but it didn’t stop me from making a cozy ass breakfast for two (errr…three bc Amelia had half a biscuit).

I actually thought of hauling a bunch of my props and stuff to the cabin to make it feel more “me” but then I was just like whatever, it’ll be fine. And I’m glad I didn’t do that because I loved using what the kitchen had on hand.

Yield:

1 1/4 to 1/2 cups buttermilk, shaken

Egg wash (1 large egg + 1 tablespoon water or buttermilk or milk, beaten), for topping

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. In a large bowl, whisk together the all-purpose flour, salt and baking powder. Using a box grater, grate the butter atop the flour mixture. (I actually didn’t have one so I cubed it up into tiny pieces.) Mix the butter into the with your hands until it’s tiny pea-sized bits. Next, add the scallions and toss them in until evenly distributed.

Make a well into the center and pour in the 1 1/4 cup of buttermilk. Mix with a wooden spoon until it comes together. If it’s still a bit dry, feel free to add another 1/4 cup of buttermilk. On a parchment-lined baking sheet or in a cast iron skillet, drop about 6 to 8 liberal tablespoons of dough. (Don’t be shy to help them in more of a mount shape.) Brush the tops with egg wash and then sprinkle with black pepper. Transfer to the oven and bake for 15 to 17 minutes, until the tops are golden brown. Remove and serve with butter.