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Cornmeal Biscuits

Source of Recipe

Oldfashionedliving.com


2 cups yellow cornmeal-divided
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp salt
1 Tbs sugar
1 pinch cayenne pepper
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
4 Tbs butter
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 1/4 cups buttermilk
Cooking Spray

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. In a
large bowl, combine 1 1/2 cups of the cornmeal with
the flour, salt, sugar, cayenne pepper,baking powder
and baking soda. Cut the butter into dry ingredients
until the mixture is about the texture of cornmeal.
Separately mix the egg with the buttermilk, and stir
all but 2 tbs of this liquid into the dry mixture. Mix
just enough to make a uniformly moistened dough.
Dust a clean board with half the remaining cornmeal,
and place on dough. Sprinkle the top with the remaining
cornmeal,and with floured hands, gently push the dough
into a circle about a 1/2" thick. Cut with a 2 inch biscuit
cutter, and place biscuits close together on a greased
baking sheet. Brush top of the biscuits with reserved
buttermilk mixture. Bake in the preheated oven until
puffed and brown, about 12 minutes. Serve warm.