Oatmeal Currant Buttermilk Drop Biscuits
1 1/2 cups flour 2 teaspoons double-acting baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 2 tablespoons sugar 3/4 teaspoon salt 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 cup cold, unsalted butter -- cut i...
Ingredients
- 11/2 cups flour
- 2teaspoons double-acting baking powder
- 1/2teaspoonbaking soda
- 2tablespoons sugar
- 3/4teaspoonsalt
- 3/4teaspooncinnamon
- 1/2cupcold, unsalted butter -- cut into bits
- 3/4cupquick-cooking oats
Directions
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1 1/2 cups flour 2 teaspoons double-acting baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 2 tablespoons sugar 3/4 teaspoon salt 3/4 teaspoon cinnamo
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buttermilk Into a bowl, sift together the flour, the baking powder, the baking soda, the sugar, the salt and the cinnamon
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Add the butter and blend the mixture until it resembles meal
- 4
Stir in the oats and the currants, drained
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Add the buttermilk and stir until the mixture just forms a soft sticky dough
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Drop the dough by rounded tablespoon onto a buttered baking sheet and bake the biscuits in the middle of a preheated 425 oven for 15 to 17 m
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Makes about 16 biscuits.