Cornmeal Biscuits

Name: Cornmeal Biscuits
Yield: Makes 12 biscuits
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup (5 ounces), cornmeal; 1 1/4 cups, buttermilk; 1 tablespoon, honey; 2 cups (10 ounces), all-purpose flour; 1 tablespoon, baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon, baking soda; 1 teaspoon, salt; 12 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces and chilled

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Appears in Cook's Country February/March 2009, Cook's Country TV

Desserts or Baked Goods

American

Grains

Breads

We were after tender biscuits with hearty cornmeal taste-a simple goal that proved surprisingly tough to pull off.

SERVESMakes 12 biscuits

TIME50 minutes

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We used a food processor to cut the chilled butter quickly into the dry ingredients for our Cornmeal Biscuits. To transform the hard and gritty cornmeal, we softened it by soaking it in buttermilk. Kneading the dough briefly ensured evenly ...

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