Buttermilk Biscuits

Just say "NO" to the Pop In Fresh Boy.  Fresh biscuits from scratch in less than 30 minutes with little clean up...what could be better?

use a pastry cutter 

mixture needs to stay cool

do not over mix

mix until it resembles a coarse corn meal

 

improvise when necessary

all of my round cutters are for doughnuts so I employed this little cup to cut

yum...yum..yum

Buttermilk Biscuits

from Maria Helm Sinskey's

The Vineyard Kitchen

adapted

2 cups all purpose flour
1T sugar
1T baking powder
8T (one stick) unsalted butter cut into chunks
1 cup buttermilk
2T unsalted butter melted

~ place one oven rack on top rung and one on bottom rung
~ preheat oven 450
~ line baking sheet with parchment paper
~ whisk to combined dry ingredients in mixing bowl
~ add cold butter and cut into dry ingredients with pastry cutter until the mixture resembles coarse corn meal
~ add buttermilk and bring dough together (do not over mix)
~ turn out dough on a lightly floured surface and knead a couple times
~ pat dough into 1 inch thick round
~ cut with 2 inch round cutter
~ transfer biscuits to baking sheet 1 1/2 inch apart
~ bush tops with melted butter
~ bake on top rack 8-10 minutes turning pan once midway (watch tops for browning)
~ place sheet on bottom rack for 2-3 minutes to slightly brown bottoms

Fast Buttermilk Waffles

***Warning***

this recipe will have you knee deep in dirty dishes

The other day I decided to make pancakes.  The next morning like baby birds three mouths chirped, "The pancakes were so yummy... it's nice to have a hot breakfast... I think I did better in school...waffles?"  How can I say no?  The recipes should only take 25 minutes.  ehmmmm... what they neglected to leave out is the clean up time.

 

Buttermilk Waffles

from The American's Test Kitchen Family Cookbook

adapted

makes 6 to 8 waffles 

2 cups of all purpose flour

2T corn meal

1t salt
1/2t baking soda
2 large eggs seperated
4T unsalted butter melted
1 3/4 c buttermilk (of course I did not have any so mix 2 cup of milk and 2T lemon juice let stand a few minutes and that does the trick)
a pinch of cream of tarter

~ heat waffle iron according to instructions
~ in a large bowl whisk flour, corn meal, salt and baking soda
~ in another bowl whisk egg yolks, butter and then buttermilk
~ in an electric mixer beat egg whites and cream of tarter on medium high speed until stiff peaks form, about 2 minutes
~ make a well in the center of dry ingredients and pour in buttermilk mixture
~ GENTLY whisk
~ when you think you are about half way done fold in the whipped egg whites
~until just incorporated  You should see lumps
~ pour the amount suggested on waffle maker