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Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
- 2 tablespoons baking powder
- 1 scant tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 5 tablespoons cold, unsalted butter, preferably European style
- 1 cup whole milk
Details
Preparation time 45mins
Cooking time 60mins
Preparation
Step 1
Preheat oven to 425. Sift flour, baking powder, sugar and salt into a large mixing bowl. Cut butter into flour in the mixing bowl using a fork or pastry cutter. Add milk and stir with a fork until it forms a rough ball.
Turn the dough out onto a well-floured surface and pat it down into a rough rectangle, about an inch thick. Fold it over and gently pat it down again. Repeat. Cover the dough loosely with a kitchen towel and allow it to rest for 30 minutes.
Gently pat out the dough some more, so that the rectangle is roughly 10 inches by 6 inches. Cut dough into biscuits using a floured glass, or a biscuit cutter. Do not twist the cutter when cutting; this crimps the edges of the biscuit and impedes its rise.
Place biscuits on a cookie sheet and bake until golden brown approximately 10 to 15 minutes
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