Whole Wheat Cast Iron Skillet Biscuits
 
 
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Serves: 10
Ingredients
  • 2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 3 teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ⅛ teaspoon baking soda
  • ¼ cup butter
  • 1¼ cup buttermilk
  • 2 tablespoons melted butter
  • 1 cup flour
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 475 degrees
  2. Stir together the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and baking soda in a mixing bowl.
  3. With a pastry blender, or your hands, cut the butter into the flour mixture until the butter is about the size of peas.
  4. Add the buttermilk to the mixture and stir just until combined, then let it sit for a few minutes.
  5. In a separate bowl place the additional 1 cup of flour.
  6. Scoop about ¼ cup of biscuit mixture out and gently toss it in the flour. Lightly shake off excess flour and place it in a greased 10 inch cast iron skillet.
  7. Continue with the other biscuits, you will end up with about 10 biscuits.
  8. Pour the additional 2 tablespoons of melted butter over the biscuits.
  9. Bake for 16-18 minutes.
Recipe by Queen Of The Red Double Wide at http://queenofthereddoublewide.com/whole-wheat-cast-iron-skillet-biscuits/