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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CleverNickName" data-source="post: 9479304" data-attributes="member: 50987">CleverBiscuits(family recipe)4-1/2 cups all-purpose flour1 teaspoon salt1 teaspoon baking soda2 teaspoons baking powder1 Tablespoon granulated sugar1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, coldAbout 1 pint of buttermilk, cold  (more or less, depends on how dry your flour is)Preheat your oven to 425°F.Sift the first five ingredients together.  Yes, with an actual sifter--my grandmother swore that it mixes air into the ingredients and, therefore, is the first step to making your biscuits fluffy.  And we didn't argue with my grandma.Next, grate a whole stick of butter into the flour mixture, using the large holes of a cheese grater.  (Pro tip: drop the whole stick of butter into the flour mixture first, to coat it...it makes it less slippery and easier to handle while grating.)  Toss the grated butter shreds into the flour, gently flattening the shreds out into little flakes with your fingers, until well combined.Pour the buttermilk into the mixture while stirring with a wooden spoon, just until the mixture starts to come together into a soft dough--don't worry about it being lumpy or uniform, you will finish "mixing" it in the next few steps.  So:  dump the almost-mixed contents of your bowl onto a floured surface, and use a bench scraper to push the dough together into a rough rectangle about 18" x 12" x 1" thick.  Cut that rectangle in half, and stack it onto itself.  Then using the heel of your hand, press it down into that same 1" thick rectangle.  Then do it again: cut it in half, stack it, press it, shape it back into a rectangle.  Do this a total of 4 times.On the 5th time, instead of cutting it in half, cut it into squares and arrange them an inch apart on a greased cookie sheet.  (My grandma would use bacon grease for this, and she would be very sad to see me using parchment paper like a damned City Boy.)  Brush with melted butter (or bacon drippings, grandma), and bake for about 30 minutes or until golden brown.EDIT:  Heh, woops.  I see that I already posted this recipe <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/cookin-again.427694/post-8488285" target="_blank">here</a>, with photos and everything.</blockquote>

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