Whole Wheat Buttermilk Biscuits

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.

2. Cut butter into dry mixture.

3. Until resembles course texture.

4. Pour buttermilk into dry mixture.

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

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

7. Roll dough with floured roller.

 

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

8. Roll second time and cut 12 more biscuits.

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

10. Brush with the skim milk.

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

Yields 12 biscuits!

Plus it goes well with Apple Butter