4.5/5
(13 Votes)
Ingredients
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 4 teaspoon Bakewell cream
- 2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt, table grind (fine)
- 1/4 pound unsalted butter, cold, chopped small
- 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
Preparation
Step 1
Sift all dry ingredients into a bowl. Add butter and cut in with a pastry blender until butter is the size of small peas or rice.
Add buttermilk all at once, stirring in quickly with a fork.
Turn out onto a lightly floured surface. Roll or pat out to ¾-inch thick and cut with a biscuit cutter.
Bake at 475° F for 5 minutes, then turn off the oven and leave them in for 5 to 10 minutes longer until golden brown.