Cooking and Serving: 40 minutes | 10 biscuits
Ingredients
2 ½ cups (350 g) gluten free pastry flour | 1 ½ teaspoons xanthan gum, (omit if your pastry flour already contains it) | 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
Description
Prep Time: 25 minutes | Cook Time: 15 minutes | Total Time: 40 minutes | Servings: 10 biscuits
Ingredients
2 ½ cups (350 g) gluten free pastry flour
1 ½ teaspoons xanthan gum, (omit if your pastry flour already contains it)
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
2 tablespoons (24 g) granulated sugar
2 teaspoons (6 g) instant yeast
1 teaspoon kosher salt
6 tablespoons (84 g) unsalted butter, grated or diced and chilled
1 cup (8 fluid ounces) buttermilk, chilled
Instructions
Line a rimmed baking sheet with unbleached parchment paper and set it aside.
In a large bowl, place the pastry flour, xanthan gum, baking powder, baking.
Add the grated or chopped and chilled butter, and toss to coat it in the dry.
Create a well in the center of the dry ingredients and add the buttermilk,.
with floured hands, handling it as little as possible.
Turn out the dough onto a lightly floured piece of unbleached parchment paper.
Roll out the dough into a rectangle that is about 1/2 inch thick, moving the.
dough frequently and sprinkling lightly with flour to prevent sticking.
Fold the dough over on itself like you would a business letter, and then fold.
Sprinkle the dough again lightly with flour, replace the parchment paper and.
roll out the dough, but this time into a disk about 1/2 inch thick.
Using a floured 2 to 2 1/2-inch cookie or biscuit cutter, cut out rounds of.
Place the rounds about 2 inches apart from one another on the prepared baking.
Gather and reroll the scraps, cut out as many more round of dough as.
possible, and place on the prepared baking sheet.
Cover with an oiled piece of plastic wrap, and place in a warm, draft-free.
location until nearly doubled in size (about 1 hour).
Place the covered baking sheet in the freezer until firm (about 15 minutes).
Preheat your oven to 375°F while the biscuits are chilling.
Remove the baking sheet from the freezer, remove the plastic wrap, and place.
the baking sheet in the center of the preheated oven.
Bake until the biscuits are puffed, very fragrant and lightly golden brown.
around the edges (about 15 minutes).
Remove from the oven and allow the biscuits to cool briefly on the baking.