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Jalapeño Biscuits

Photography by Jeff Riedel

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Recipe information

  • Yield

    makes about 10 Servings

Ingredients

1

3/4 cups all purpose flour

2

teaspoons baking powder

1

teaspoon sugar

1

/2 teaspoon baking soda

1

/2 teaspoon salt

1

/2 cup (1 stick) chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes

1

1/2 tablespoons chopped seeded jalapeño chile

3

/4 cup (or more) chilled buttermilk

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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Preheat oven to 450°F. Line rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper. Combine first 5 ingredients in large bowl. Add butter. Rub in with fingertips until mixture resembles very coarse meal. Mix in jalapeño. Stir in 3/4 cup buttermilk; toss to moisten evenly, adding more buttermilk by tablespoonfuls if dry.

    Step 2

    Gather dough into ball. Transfer to lightly floured surface and gently pat to 1-inch thickness. Using floured 2-inch-diameter biscuit cutter, cut out biscuits. Gently gather dough scraps; reshape and cut out more biscuits. Arrange biscuits on prepared baking sheet.

    Step 3

    Bake biscuits until puffed and pale golden on top and tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 12 minutes. Serve warm.

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