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Made with a combination of grated cold butter for flavor and vegetable shortening for tenderness, Carla Hall's biscuits owe their towering, flaky layers to her classic laminating technique.

2021年11月

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Credit: Photo by Jennifer Causey / Food Styling by Torie Cox

Recipe Summary

total:
55分钟
active:
20分钟
屈服:
About 20 biscuits
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Ingredients

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Directions

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  • Whisk together flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, and baking soda in a large bowl. Add shortening; using your fingertips, pinch and work shortening into flour mixture until mixture resembles coarse cornmeal. Grate butter using large holes of a box grater into flour mixture. Toss and pinch quickly with your fingers until all butter pieces are well-coated in flour mixture, about 30 seconds.

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  • Lightly spray work surface with cooking spray, and sprinkle with flour. (Spray keeps flour in place.) Add buttermilk to flour mixture in bowl, and stir together to form a shaggy, sticky dough with no dry flour remaining. Turn dough out onto prepared work surface. Lightly coat hands with flour; gently pat dough using heels of hands to form a 1/2-inch-thick rectangle (about 11 x 7 1/2 inches). Fold rectangle into thirds (like folding a letter). Repeat process of patting and folding 2 times.

  • 预热烤箱至450°F。使用轻微的2 1/4英寸圆形切割机,切成面团,堆叠,重塑和切碎碎屑,直到使用所有面团。将面团转向光滑的一面;在衬有羊皮纸的烤盘上排列3/4英寸。冷藏,发现,直到冷约15分钟。

  • Bake chilled dough in preheated oven until tops are golden brown and lightly crisped, 16 to 20 minutes. Let biscuits cool on pan 5 minutes.

Make Ahead

在锅上冷冻未烘烤的饼干,然后转移到可重新密封的冷冻袋中。冻结长达2个月。

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