Buttermilk Angel Biscuits

Name: Buttermilk Angel Biscuits
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: Honey or jam for serving; Honey or jam for serving; 2½ cups (12½ oz/390 g) all-purpose flour; ½ tsp baking soda; ½ tsp salt; 2 Tbsp sugar; 1 tsp baking powder; ¼ cup (2 oz/60 g) cold vegetable shortening, cut into cubes; 1 cup (8 fl oz/250 ml) buttermilk; 1 tsp quick-rise yeast; 4 Tbsp (2 oz/60 g) cold unsalted butter, cut into cubes, plus room-temperature butter for serving

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Let's Do Brunch

By Brigit Binns

Published 2013

About

Ingredients

2½ cups (12½ oz/390 g) all-purpose flour
2

Bread
Vegetarian

Method

In a bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Stir in the yeast. Using a pastry blender or 2 knives, cut the 4 Tbsp butter and the shortening into the dry ingredients just until the mixture forms coarse crumbs about the size of peas. Add the buttermilk and stir wit