3 INCH BISCUIT CUTTER RECIPES

Steps:

• Put 2 Tbsp. lemon juice in measuring cup and add *enough milk to measure 2/3 cup. Let lemon juice and milk mixture sit for about 5 min.
• In mixing bowl, combine bisquick, baking powder and sugar. Add egg and milk mixture to bisquick mixture. Stir until all ingredients are combined. Do not over mix.
• Place dough on a lightly floured surface, and sprinkle the top of the dough with flour, use just enough flour to bring dough together. Knead flour into dough until dough comes together, about 12 times, do not over knead. Pat dough out with hands to about 1 1/4 inches thick. Using round biscuit cutter, rim of glass, or whatever you like to use. Cut out biscuits. Place on parchment lined sheet pan and bake at 450 degrees F. 10 minutes or until golden.
• Notes: I usually rework the dough and get about 8-9 biscuits from this recipe. When I say rework I mean I gather up scraps after cutting buscuits and put the scraps back together and pat out and cut. Just don't over work the dough or the biscuits will be tough. Also, I have floured my surface with bisquick in the past, but I don't think the end result is the best result for me. I like using flour instead, I think it makes for a better finished product. It seems the bisquick is too heavy.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425. Sift flour, baking powder, sugar and salt into a large mixing bowl. Transfer to a food processor. Cut butter into pats and add to flour, then pulse 5 or 6 times until the mixture resembles rough crumbs. (Alternatively, cut butter into flour in the mixing bowl using a fork or a pastry cutter.) Return dough to bowl, add milk and stir with a fork until it forms a rough ball.
• Turn the dough out onto a well-floured surface and pat it down into a rough rectangle, about an inch thick. Fold it over and gently pat it down again. Repeat. Cover the dough loosely with a kitchen towel and allow it to rest for 30 minutes.
• Gently pat out the dough some more, so that the rectangle is roughly 10 inches by 6 inches. Cut dough into biscuits using a floured glass or biscuit cutter. Do not twist cutter when cutting; this crimps the edges of the biscuit and impedes its rise.
• Place biscuits on a cookie sheet and bake until golden brown, approximately 10 to 15 minutes.