Biscuits

Recipe

This is was transcribed from a recipe that my aunt sent me, but I have made some changes.

1. Preheat oven to 425
2. sift together:
   • 2 cups flour
   • 2.5 tsp Baking Powder
   • .5 tsp salt
   • .5 tsp Cream of Tartar
3. Add .5 cup cold, cut butter, mix until pea-sized
4. Add .66 cup milk and 1 tbsp honey - mix until dough comes together
5. Knead dough several times
6. Flatten or roll dough to .5-.75 inches high
7. Cut dough to 2.5-inch squares
8. Bake around 12 minutes

Attempt Log

Batch 8 - 3.10.21

• dough started pretty dry again, might need to start doing flour by weight
• otherwise, good batch!

Batch 7b - 2.25.21

• eyeballed the honey, which was a mistake
• dough way too wet, biscuits came out very flat and brown
• still tasted good tho

Batch 7a - 2.25.21

• good batch!
• added about 1.5 extra Tbsp of milk to get the dough to bind

Batch 6 - 2.8.21

• Good rise!
• Upped heat from 400 to 425, much better color on top and crust on bottom
• Used chilled rolling pin rather than hands to flatten dough
• Tried connecting some biscuits, did slightly increase rise but also led to underbaked insides

Batch 5 - 1.30.21

• cut biscuits in 2.75in squares, consistent shape was nice
• baked for about 15 minutes, great internal texture
• not as much rise as I would’ve liked

Batch 4 - 1.21.21

• cut up the butter before mixing, big help
• great rise on this batch, butter definitely stayed colder
• little bit doughy/underbaked in the middle. Attributed to:
  • put dough in freezer for about 15 mins before baking
  • cut biscuits a lot bigger than usual

Batch 3 - 1.18.21

• not as much rise, butter had melted a bit
• need to cut frozen butter before added to the bowl
• might experiment next time with chilling dough before baking

Batch 2 - 1.?.21

• decreased the baking powder, improved flavor
• grated the butter, effective but very messy
• good rise
• didn’t have honey, definitely noticeable flavor change

Batch 1 - 1.9.21

• cut biscuits too small, inside was dry
• bit of a chemical flavor
• struggled getting butter to right size with hands
• not much rise