Flying Biscuits

Total Time: 30 mins
Preparation Time: 7 mins
Cook Time: 23 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour (they use lilly)


• 1 tablespoon double-acting baking powder


• 1/4 teaspoon salt


• 3 tablespoons granulated sugar (plus a little extra to sprinkle on top, if desired)


• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter (at room temperature)


• 1 1/2 cups half-and-half (plus extra for brushing on biscuits, if desired)

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350 degrees. line a baking sheet with parchment paper (not required, but makes clean-up easier.


• 2 mix all dry ingredients in a bowl.


• 3 cut in the softened butter until the butter is the size of small peas.


• 4 make a well in the flour mixture and pour in the cream.


• 5 mix until the dough comes together in a sticky ball.


• 6 turn out the dough on a floured surface and knead three times only.


• 7 roll out to 1" thickness (no thinner!) and cut out biscuits with a small can or biscuit cutter with a diameter of 2 1/2 to 3 inches. cut the biscuits very close to each other, and re-roll the scraps only once.


• 8 place biscuits on the basking sheet. for a richer, sweeter biscuit, brush the biscuits with cream and sprinkle lightly with sugar.


• 9 bake for 20-23 minutes until biscuits are golden brown on top.