Cornmeal Drop Biscuits with Black Pepper

Name: Cornmeal Drop Biscuits with Black Pepper
Yield: Makes 12 biscuits
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups (7 1/2 ounces), all-purpose flour; 1/2 cup (2 1/2 ounces), stone-ground cornmeal; 3 tablespoons, sugar; 2 teaspoons, baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon, baking soda; 1 1/2 teaspoons coarsely ground, pepper; 3/4 teaspoon, salt; 1 cup, buttermilk, chilled; 8 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted and cooled

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Appears in Cook's Country October/November 2015

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Cornmeal Drop Biscuits with Black Pepper

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

A 1:3 ratio of cornmeal to flour gives these easy buttermilk drop biscuits a light texture while retaining the earthy flavor of stone-ground cornmeal. We added sugar to balance the flavor of the cornmeal and a combination of leaveners to ke...

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