Whole Wheat Buttermilk Biscuits

Whole Wheat Buttermilk Biscuits

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I had to make biscuits to go with yesterday’s homemade apple butter! This recipe was adapted from a Taste of Home recipe

http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Rolled-Buttermilk-Biscuits.  I of course made of few changes to incorporate some whole

grain goodness.

1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1 cup AP Flour
3 Tsp Baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
3 TB cold butter (unsalted)
1 cup buttermilk
1 TB skim milk

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 450.

Place both flours, salt, soda, baking power in bowl.

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2. Cut butter into dry mixture.

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3. Until resembles course texture.

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4. Pour buttermilk into dry mixture.

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5. Mix with wooden spoon just until ingredients are combine.

6. Sprinkle flour onto a clean surface and knead dough 2 to 3 times.

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7. Roll dough with floured roller.

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Cut 12 cutouts with 2 1/2 inch biscuit cutter.

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8. Roll second time and cut 12 more biscuits.

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9. Layer biscuits on top of each other in rows of two on parchment paper.

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10. Brush with the skim milk.

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11. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes on 450 degrees.

Yields 12 biscuits!

Plus it goes well with Apple Butter

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