Fluffy Biscuits

So after the strawberry cupcakes and cornbread, I STILL had a ton of buttermilk left. So what better to use it for than fluffy buttermilk biscuits? I used these as a base for my chicken & biscuits, (which will be my next post), but I'm sure they would taste great warm with a little butter too! Enjoy.





Fluffy Buttermilk Biscuits
From elly says opa! and Cook's Illustrated
Makes 1 dozen

Ingredients:

• 1 cup unbleached all purpose flour
• 1 cup cake flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 pound unsalted, chilled butter cut into 1/4" cubes
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
• 3/4 cup buttermilk

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees
• Mix the first 6 ingredients together in a mixing bowl or the bowl of your food processor. With pastry blender or the steel blade of your food processor, cut the butter into the mixture until it resembles coarse meal.
• If mixing by hand, stir in the buttermilk with a spatula or fork until the mixture is a soft, slightly sticky ball. Add more buttermilk if necessary. If using a food processor, add the buttermilk and pulse process until dough gathers into moist clumps. Remove and form into a ball.
• Lightly flour your hands and divide the dough into 12 equal portions. Lightly pat a portion of the dough back and forth until a ball forms, and then pat lightly with cupped hands to form a rough ball. Place formed dough rounds 1" apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Brush dough tops with melted butter. Bake until biscuit tops are lightly brown, about 10-12 minutes.
  
  

Buttermilk Cornbread

I'm not a big fan of cornbread, but my husband likes it. I ran across this recipe while trying to figure out what to do with all the buttermilk I had left over from the strawberry cupcakes. I can't really give a review of this recipe since I don't like cornbread, but it smelled great, and my husband seemed to like it.




Buttermilk Cornbread
From Allrecipes.com

Ingredients:

• 1/4 pound butter
• 2/3 cup white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup cornmeal
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease an 8 inch square pan.
• Melt butter in large saucepan. Remove from heat and stir in sugar. Quickly add eggs and beat until well blended. Combine buttermilk with baking soda and stir into mixture in pan. Stir in cornmeal, flour, and salt until well blended and few lumps remain. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.