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Ingredients
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3 cups
all-purpose flour
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1 cup
whole-wheat flour
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5 teaspoons
baking powder
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1 teaspoon
baking soda
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1 teaspoon
salt
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1 1/2 tablespoons
sugar
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6 ounces
cold butter or lard (or a combination of both), cut into 1-inch pieces
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1 1/2 cups
buttermilk
Directions
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Preheat oven to 350ºF.
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Whisk dry ingredients together and then cut in butter or lard either with a pastry cutter or by hand.
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When mixture is mealy and butter is well incorporated add buttermilk.
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Stir with a wooden spoon and then pull dough together by hand, being careful not to over mix.
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Pat out biscuit dough to 1 1/2 - 2 inches thick.
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Using a biscuit cutter or glass cut into rounds (for more rustic biscuits like the ones pictured, you can pat the dough into a rectangle and cut them by hand).
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Bake until golden, about 25-30 minutes.
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