Delicious, Quick, and EASY Whole Wheat Biscuits.

I know I said I was making these tomorrow, along with whole wheat tortillas, and possibly french bread... but I had some spare time this afternoon before my class so I thought I would give it a shot.

First off, I started around 3:20, it's now 3:50, and aside from the last batch in the oven, they are done, mess cleaned up and everything.  Not bad.

Secondly, they are delicious!  YUM!  I have to confess, I have eaten 2 already, they are that good.

To start you mix all the dry ingredients together, and then grate the butter into them.... kind of resembles mozzarella cheese...  :)

Cut the butter into the dry mixture, then add the milk, mix and knead.  Turn if out onto a cutting board or counter, and flatten as eavenly as possible.  Use a drinking glass, or something round (or shaped cookie cutters) to cut out the biscuits.  I used a 1/3 cup measuring cup, so I ended up with 35 biscuits (I made a double batch).  Using a drinking glass should give you 10 in a single batch.

Then bake them for 10 minutes (or until golden) at 450 degrees.

Like I said, I doubled the recipe and have 35 biscuits, so I will be freezing about half of those.  Using the others for dinner tonight, and lunches tomorrow.... if I don't eat them all!  Next time I think I will use a bigger cutting utensil, because I would like to use the biscuits to make breakfast egg sandwiches!

Whole Wheat Biscuits

Adapted from 100daysofrealfood.com 

INGREDIENTS

• 2 cups whole wheat flour (I used King Arthur’s white whole wheat organic flour)
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¼ cup cold unsalted butter
• 1 cup milk (any kind)

INSTRUCTIONS

1. In a medium sized bowl combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Mix well with whisk or fork.
2. Grate the butter into the flour mixture.
3. Using a fork, try to mash the butter pieces as you mix it together with the flour until it resembles coarse crumbs. It is okay if the outcome just looks like the pieces of butter covered with flour.
4. Then pour in the milk and mix it all together. Knead the dough with your hands 8 to 10 times and then turn out onto a counter or cutting board.
5. Pat it out flat with your hands until the dough is a somewhat even ¾-inch thickness (sprinkle with a little flour if necessary).
6. Turn a drinking glass upside down and cut out biscuit rounds. 
7. Then put them on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 450 degrees for 10 – 12 minutes or until lightly browned.
   Enjoy!