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      Title: Buttermilk Breakfast Biscuits
 Categories: Breads, Breakfast
      Yield: 8 Servings
 
  2 1/2 c  All-purpose flour
      2 tb Sugar
  1 1/2 ts Cream of tartar
    3/4 ts Baking soda
    1/2 ts Salt
    1/2 c  Butter (1 stick)
    2/3 c  Buttermilk
      1    Egg
           Milk
           Additional sugar
 
  Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.  Grease baking sheet.  Mix flour, 2
  tablespoons sugar, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt in large
  bowl. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal.  Stir in
  buttermilk and egg.  Turn dough out onto floured surface and knead
  until smooth; dough will be moist.  Roll dough out into circle 1/2
  inch thick.  Transfer to prepared sheet.  Cut into wedges.  Brush top
  with milk; sprinkle with sugar.  Bake until golden brown, about 15
  minutes.  Serve immediately.
  
  Variation: add 2/3 cup raisins, 1/4 cup mined candied orange peel, 1
  tablespoons finely grated lemon peel and 1 tsp caraway seed to dough.
  
  The Inn of Glenn Haven - Denver, CO. Bon Appetit
 
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