Cheating, southern style.

I'm a big fan of big flaky biscuits. I'm not a fan of the big mess of flour that I tend to make on the counter, the flour, and the dog somehow gets into... so I've cheated with the traditional southern biscuit recipe and I've started making them in my food processor. Clean up is simple and my results are always consistently delicious.

Food Processor Biscuits

Ingredients

2 cups all purpose flour

2 tablespoons baking powder

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

3/4 teaspoon sea salt

4 tablespoons butter, COLD!

1 cup buttermilk

Protocol

1. Preheat your oven to 450˚

2. In your food processor combine all of the dry ingredients, and pulse to mix. This eliminates the need for a sifter, hooray!

3. Slice your 4 tablespoons of cold butter into smaller pieces and disperse them throughout the bowl of your food processor.

4. Add your buttermilk and turn the food processor on until the biscuits just combine. (Picture #3)

5. Place your dough on a floured surface. Work the dough by folding it over on itself 6 times. These folds will produce the layers in the biscuit. Keep folding to a minimum though! Biscuit dough does not like to be touched excessively and any overworked dough will not be light and fluffy but a hard hockey puck.

6. Cut out the biscuits with a cookie cutter, and reform any scrap biscuits. Place biscuits on a baking sheet and bake until they are golden brown approx. 12-15 minutes.