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Deanna F. Cook is a kids' cookbook and kids'  activity book author. She is the author of Cooking Class, Teddy Bear Doctor, The Kids' Multicultural Cookbook, and Kids' Pumpkin Projects. She is also the content director at Kidstir.com, a kids cooking kit, and a former editor at Disney, FamilyFun magazine, and Scholastic. 

Buttery Biscuits

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Buttery Biscuits

Biscuit dough is a little like Play-Doh. You can shape it, roll it, and cut it up into stars and hearts. Here’s a favorite recipe from Baking Class and Cooking Class.

  • 2 cups flour

  • 1 tablespoon baking powder

  • 1 tablespoon sugar

  • 1 teaspoon salt

  • 5 tablespoons cold butter

  • 3/4 cup milk

Preheat oven to 425ºF.

  1. Whisk the flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt in a large bowl.

  2. Cut the butter into small chunks. Use a pastry cutter or fork to mix the butter into the dry ingredients until the dough is crumbly.

  3. Pour in the milk. Stir until it forms a rough ball. You can switch to mixing with your (clean!) hands if it’s too hard to stir. The dough will be a little bit sticky, so dip your hands in flour first.

  4. Transfer the dough to a countertop dusted with flour. Knead the dough a few times, then shape it into a large ball.

  5. Pat the dough into a flat circle about 1/2-inch-thick (the biscuits will double in thickness as they bake).

  6. Dip a cookie cutter in flour and use it to cut out the biscuits. Place them on an ungreased or parchment–lined baking sheet. Bake the biscuits for 12 minutes, or until lightly browned.

Makes 10–12.

Recipe from Baking Class by Deanna F. Cook. Photo by Carl Tremblay. Storey Publishing 2017.