Flying Biscuits

By taniaf

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 1 tbsp plus 1.5 tsp baking powder
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 2 tbsp plus 1.5 tsp sugar
• 6 tbsp butter, room temp, cut into pieces
• 2/3 cup heavy cream
• 2/3 cup half and half

Details

Servings 8

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 375. Whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar. Add butter to flour, cut in with a pastry cutter. Pour heavy cream into center of flour, stir together until a ball forms.
Knead 2-3 times to bring together. Do not overwork. Roll to 1 inch thick. Dip 2.5 inch cutter in flour, then cut dough. Repeat, re-roll scraps and re-cut. Put biscuits on a sheet pan lined with parchment. Brush tops with half and half, sprinkle with sugar.
Bake up to 20 minutes.