Chive And Black Pepper Biscuits Recipe

Ingredients

4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for surface, fingers, and biscuit cutter 

3 tablespoons finely chopped chives 

1 tablespoon baking powder 

1 teaspoon sugar 

1/2 teaspoon baking soda 

Salt and freshly ground pepper 

2 sticks cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces 

1 1/2 cups low-fat buttermilk 

Preparation

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Whisk together flour, chives, baking powder, sugar, baking soda, 1 teaspoon salt and 2 teaspoons pepper. Cut in butter with a pastry cutter or rub in with your fingers until mixture resembles coarse crumbs with a few large pieces remaining.

Stir in buttermilk. Dough should be slightly sticky; do not overmix.

Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface, and pat into a 1 1/2-inch-thick round using floured fingers; do not overwork dough. Using a floured 2-inch cutter, cut out 24 biscuits.

Transfer biscuits to a baking sheet, spacing 1 1/2 inches apart. Bake, rotating sheet halfway through, until golden and flecked with brown spots, 20 to 22 minutes. Transfer biscuits to a wire rack, and let cool.

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