Tall and Fluffy Mile-High Whole Wheat Buttermilk Biscuits
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Appears in Cook's Illustrated September/October 2005
Tall, fluffy, and tangy, drop biscuits are the holy grail of biscuit making, but they require just the right mix of ingredients and technique.
WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS
To create a rustic buttermilk biscuit recipe that would produce extra-fluffy, moist, tender rolls with crisp, golden-brown tops, we tried lard, vegetable shortening, and butter, both separately and in combination. The biscuits made with lar...