In addition to being a fabulous publisher, Michelle Taylor Willis is an avid baker. She is sharing her recipe for these flaky homemade biscuits.
Ingredients
2 cup flour
2 Tbsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
⅛ cup sugar
1 stick cold salted butter
1 cup cold buttermilk
1 squeeze of honey
Extra flour for rolling
Directions
Put all dry ingredients in a big bowl. Stir with a whisk to emulate sifting. Shred butter into flour mixture, OR chop butter into small cubes and add to flour. Mix in with a pastry blender until butter resembles very small pebbles. Make a well in the center and add buttermilk. Squeeze about a teaspoon of honey. Mix ingredients with a spatula until blended. DO NOT STIR OR OVERMIX. The mixture will be wet and a little hard to manage. Pour onto a well-doughed counter and press into a square with well-floured hands. Fold into thirds from top to bottom, and then fold it over. And then left to right, and then fold it over. And then again top to bottom and fold over. Each time press it out until it slowly forms and binds together. Handle the dough as little as possible. After the third time, gently press the dough out until it’s about a ½ inch thick. Using a round cookie cutter coated in flour so it won’t stick, cut the biscuits. Place into a buttered round pan with the biscuits barely touching. Bake at 425 for 18-22 minutes or until you can smell them and they’re brown on top. Remove from oven and serve warm with butter.
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