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Breads · Sides

Drop Biscuit

Source
Recipe Keeper (handwritten, p. 181)
Serves
12
Cook
15 min

Ingredients

  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 Tbsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 Tbsp sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • Optional: 1/2 cup grated cheese and 2 Tbsp sliced scallions, or crumbled bacon, added to the flour

Steps

  1. Combine the flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt in a food processor; pulse a few times.
  2. Add cold, cubed butter to the bowl and pulse about 10 times.
  3. Add cold buttermilk and pulse about 10 times, until it forms one big ball.
  4. Portion with a 3 Tbsp cookie scoop onto a baking sheet.
  5. Bake 15 min.

Notes

  • Oven temperature was not written on the card.
  • This exact recipe also appears hand-copied into Grandma’s personal notepad (second scan, p. 12), oven noted there as 400°F — confirms this recipe was a real favorite, not just a book entry. No separate file created for that copy.
The original: Drop Biscuit
The original

See also: Drop Biscuit, Drop Biscuit

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