Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 Tblsp. aluminum-free baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup unsalted butter, cubed and very cold
1 cup + 2 Tblsp. cold buttermilk, divided
2 tsp honey
Preparation:
1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
2. Place flour, baking powder and salt in a large bowl or food processor. Whisk or pulse until combined.
3. Add cubed butter and cut into the dry ingredients with a pastry cutter or by pulsing several times in the processor. Continue until coarse crumbs form.
4. Put mixture in a large bowl, and make a well in the center of the mixture.
5. Pour 1 cup of the buttermilk into the well, and drizzle the honey on top.
6. Fold everything together with a large spoon until it begins to come together. Do not overwork the dough, which should be shaggy and crumbly with some wet spots.
7. Turn out the dough onto a floured work surface, and gently bring it together with floured hands. The dough will be sticky as you bring it together; have extra flour nearby, and use it often to flour hands and work surface.
8. Using floured hands or a rolling pin, flatten into a 3/4" thick rectangle, as best as possible.
9. Fold one side into the center, then the other side.
10. Turn the dough horizontally.
11. Gently flatten into a 3/4" thick rectangle again, and repeat the folding.
12. Turn the dough horizontally one more time, and gently flatten again.
13. Repeat folding one more time (3 times total).
14. Flatten into a final 3/4" rectangle -- do not get the rectangle too thin, or your biscuits will be too thin!
15. Cut into circles with a biscuit cutter. Do not twist the biscuit cutter when pressing down, as that will seal off the edges of the biscuit and keep it from fully rising.
16. Re-roll scraps and cut until all dough is used. Recipe should yield 8-10 biscuits.
17. Arrange biscuits in a 10" cast iron skillet, with sides touching.
18. Brush the tops of the biscuits with the remaining buttermilk.
19. Bake for 15-20 minutes until tops are golden brown.
20. Remove from oven, and top with melted butter, if desired.
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