BISCUITS - CALLIE'S CHARLESTON RECIPE

Biscuits - Callie's charleston Recipe image

Provided by lassie

Number Of Ingredients 5

2 cups self rising flour
2 tblsp salted butter ,at room temp plus 1 tblsp melted butter for glazing
1/4 cup cream cheese, at room temp
3/4 - 1 cup buttermilk
All purpose flour for dusting

Steps:

Preheat oven to 450° have an ungrrased baking sheet ready Place flour in bowl and cut in the butter (to parmesan texture) Add cream cheese in pieces DONT OVERWORK THE DOUGH make a well in center and add buttermilk until mix is wet Pat a little all purpose flour on top of dough and tip onto a floured surface Flour the top of dough lightly, to make it easy to roll out but keep moist inside Lightly pat or roll out dough to 1 1/2 inch thickness. DO NOT OVERWORK THE DOUGH use a 2 inch cutter to cut out biscuits Place on baking tray with each touching. Roll out leftover dough only once to cut more biscuits With remains dough make a ' snake' to outline the biscuits at the end to stop them from spreading Brush tops with melted butter Put biscuits in oven, thenIMMEDIATELY turn down the temp to 400° and bake for 10 minutes. Rotate the pan, then bake until golden brown, an additional 6-10 minutes. WATCH OVEN FOR BROWNING