In Portland, Or there is a popular breakfast place that is famous for its southern style buttermilk biscuits. In our family, biscuits and gravy was a staple at many a breakfast (and dinner). While my grandmother made some damn fine biscuits, in this one instance I will admit that Pine State does it better. Here is my attempt to recreate their recipe. I've gotten close, but have yet to match their flaky goodness.
Ingredients
3 1/2 cups flour
3 tbs baking powder
2 tsp soda
1 tsp salt
Mix the dry ingredients together in a large bowl.
(now comes a tricky part!)
Mix in with the dry ingredients 1 cup of salted butter. The best way to do this is freeze the butter before hand and then grate it into the mixture. Then blend until the ingredients are combined.
In a separate bowl mix:
3/4 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup yogurt
2 eggs
Combine dry and wet ingredients together, adding flour until dough is workable.
Roll out dough until it is 1/4 inch thick. Fold dough and continue to keep rolling out until multiple layers are created. With a floured biscuit cutter, cut biscuits and place on cookie sheet. Brush tops with melted butter.
Bake in a preheated 375 degree oven for 15 minutes or until tops are golden brown.
Made these today. Haven't had Pine State biscuits, so I don't know how close you got to replicating their recipe, but these are darn good biscuits. I got so busy eating the first batch to come out of the oven, I overcooked the second batch by a couple of minutes. But that's okay, they'll stand up to country gravy in the morning.
ReplyDeleteTender and flaky, with a delicate crispness to the edges. Yummy. Thanks for sharing.
One change I made to the recipe... 400 degrees for 16 minutes. Brush with melted butter at the 3 minutes left mark.
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