Karen's Best Buttermilk Biscuit

Total Time: 39 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 19 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup cold butter
• 1/4 cup shortening
• 1 1/3 cups buttermilk
• 1/3 cup plain yogurt
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons melted butter

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 390 degrees.
• 2 in large bowl wisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• 3 in medium bowl wisk buttermilk, yogurt and egg.
• 4 on a chilled cutting board, cut 1 stick of butter into 1/4 inch pieces using knife blade only to move pieces around while cutting.
• 5 add to flour mixture, toss lightly with finger tips.
• 6 add shortening to flour mixture, dropping a 1/2 teaspoon at a time.
• 7 rub butter and shortening into flour mixture, using fingertips only-so heat from hands does not melt the butter. mix until it resembles course crumbs.
• 8 add buttermilk mixture to flour mixture. stir just until evenly moistened.
• 9 turn out on floured board. sprinkle a little flour on top.
• 10 fold dough in half- 5 times, shaping dough into a rectangle as you fold.
• 11 pat out till 1 3/4 inches thick.
• 12 cut 6 biscuits into 2 inch rounds.
• 13 gather left over pieces of dough and shape into same size biscuit.
• 14 place biscuits on large ungreased baking sheet. space 2 inches apart.
• 15 bake 17-18 minutes, brushing with melted butter the last 2 minutes.
• 16 place baked biscuits under broiler 1 minute.
• 17 serve warm.