Perfect Homemade Biscuits

Name: Perfect Homemade Biscuits
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 3/4 c cold butter; 3 c all-purpose flour; 3 Tbsp sugar; 4 tsp baking powder; 1 egg; 1 c whole milk; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/2 tsp cream of tartar

15 mins

Total time

12

Serving

8

Ingredients

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Ingredients

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ccold butter

call-purpose flour

Tbspsugar

tspbaking powder

egg

cwhole milk

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tspsalt

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tspcream of tartar

Directions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

Step 2

The secret to excellent biscuits is COLD BUTTER. Really cold. Many times the biscuit dough gets worked so much that the butter softens before the biscuits even go in the oven. Try cutting the butter into small pieces and stick back in the fridge pulling out only when ready to incorporate into the dough.

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