*  Exported from  MasterCook  *

                          Basic Cornmeal Biscuit

Serving Size  : 12   Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Breakfast

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   2      c             Corn meal
   1-1/2  c             Flour
     1/4  ts            Salt
   1      tb            Sugar
   1      pn            Cayenne pepper
   2      ts            Baking powder
   1      ts            Baking soda
   4      tb            Butter
   1                    Egg -- lightly beaten
   1-1/4  c             Buttermilk
                        Spray shortening

Preheat oven to 425°F. In a food processor or large bowl, mix
1-1/2 cups corn meal with the flour, salt, sugar, cayenne pepper,
baking powder, and baking soda. Cut the butter into the dry
ingredients until the whole mixture is the texture of corno meal.
Separately mix the egg with the buttermilk, and stir all but 2 tb of
this liquid into the dry mixture. Mix just enough to make a uniformly
moistened dough. Dust a clean board with half the remaining corn
meal, and turn the dough out onto the floured surface. Sprinkle the
top with the remaining corn meal, and with flowered hands, gently
push the dough into a circle about a 1/2" thick. Cut with a 2 or 3"
biscuit cutter, and place biscuits close together on a greased cookie
sheet. Brush top of the biscuits with the reserved buttermilk egg
mixture. Bake in the preheated oven until puffed and brown, about
12 minutes. Cool for a few minutes before serving.

Yield: 12 Biscuits


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