Mile High Biscuits

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From cook's illustrated

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Steps

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Preheat oven to 500f.

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Spray a 9 in springform or cake pan with some nonstick spray.

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Add flour , baking powder , baking soda , sugar and salt to a bowl and mix the ingredients together evenly.

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Using a fork or pastry blender , cut in the butter until the pieces are no bigger than a small pea.

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Fold in the buttermilk until everything is just blended , and there are no streaks of flour remain.

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Do not overmix , the mixture should still be lumpy.

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Line a plate or tray with some flour and using a 1 / 4 c measuring cup or 1 / 4 c ice cream / cookie scoop , scoop out balls of the dough onto the tray of flour.

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Flour your hands and roll each ball around in the flour to evenly coat them in a layer of flour.

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The dough is very wet and very sticky.

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Place the dough balls into the prepared pan.

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Place 9 balls around in a ring and 3 balls in the center of the pan.

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Brush the tops of the biscuits with melted butter.

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Bake for 5 minutes at 500f and then lower the temperature to 450f and bake for .

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Ingredients

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flour, baking powder, granulated sugar, salt, baking soda, unsalted butter, buttermilk, butter