Description
This uses cake flour!! From good housekeeping by request
Ingredients
- Cake Flour
- All-purpose Flour
- Cream Of Tartar
- Baking Soda
- Salt
- Unsalted Butter
- Half-and-half
Instructions
- Position a rack in the center of the oven, and preheat to 400f
- In a medium bowl, sift together the cake flour, all-purpose flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt
- Using a pastry blender or two knives, cut the butter into the flour until the mixture resembles small peas
- Add the half and half, and stir gently just until a soft dough forms
- Knead the dough in the bowl a few times, just until smooth
- Do not overwork the dough
- On a floured work surface, roll out the dough to 3 / 4-inch thickness
- Using a 3-inch round cookie cutter, cut out biscuits, gather up the scraps, reroll, and repeat the procedure until 12 biscuits are cut out
- Transfer the biscuits to an ungreased baking sheet
- Bake until biscuits are golden brown, 12 to 15 minutes
- Serve hot
- Makes 1 dozen