Buttermilk Biscuit Recipe

Procedures: -Dice butter and keep in very cold water. -Mix first 4 ingredients in mixing bowl. -Remove butter and place in flour mixture. Mix with hands until butter and flour are combined. the mixture will resemble coarse meal when finished. (Do not use food processor as it will warm the butter too much) -Store the mixture until ready to bake. -Place mixture on table and form circle with flour as to hold buttermilk in middle when ready. -Pour COLD buttermilk in center and begin to mix. DO NOT over mix as it will result in very tough, not fluffy, biscuits. It will be very sticky, use additional flour on your hands. -Roll-out until 1" thick, flour the top, fold dough in half and roll out to 1" thick. Do this several times in order to create layers. -Roll-out until 1" thick. Flour bottom and top as to prevent sticking. -Use 3rd largest cutter ring to form biscuits. Reform excess dough and repeat cutting until max use of mixture. (48 Biscuits) -Spray baking pan with PAM -Place biscuits tightly on pan. (Biscuits should be touching as much as possible. This will give them the desired softness when finished baking). -Brush tops of biscuits with melted butter. -Bake in bottom oven 20 min at 350 degrees