Thanksgiving Biscuits!

Pulling together Thanksgiving in Germany ain’t easy, especially when you find out afterward that Germans are not, repeat that, not familiar with biscuits. Thankfully, they gave the biscuits a chance otherwise, I would have had to eat biscuits for every meal for a week. So here is the recipe:

Ingredients:

• 4 cups all purpose flour
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
  

  photo taken by Heather of http://heathergoesdeutsch.blogspot.com, one of my dinner guests!

• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 ½ sticks butter
• 1 ½ cups buttermilk
• Whipping cream OR combo of 1 Tablespoon butter and 2 Tablespoons milk
• Coarsely ground black pepper and a sprinkle of salt

How to make:

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees and line baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl and whisk together.
3. Add butter to the flour mixture, and break apart with your fingers until the mix resembles coarse meal. Transfer to a large bowl.
4. Gradually add buttermilk until the dough comes together in moist clumps.
5. Transfer to a lightly floured surface and pat out into a 10-inch round, about ¾ inches thick.
6. Using a biscuit cutter, cut out 8-12 rounds.
7. Place the biscuits 2 inches apart on the parchment lined sheet pan.
8. Brush the biscuits with cream and sprinkle with ground pepper.
9. Bake the biscuits for 15-18 minutes.

10. Let cool and Enjoy!