Buttermilk Biscuits

2 cups all purpose flour
2 TSP baking powder
1/2 TSP baking soda
1 TSP sugar
1/2 TSP salt
1 stick of cold unsalted butter, sliced into 16 pieces
3/4 cup buttermilk
1 egg

Mix dry ingredients in food processor. Add cold butter, and pulse about 8 -10 times.

Then add 3/4 cup buttermilk until a dough forms. Try not to mix too much.

Pour out onto a clean surface and form a ball. Roll out dough to 1/4" thickness. Flip over a glass to cut out the shapes. You don't need a special biscuit cutter. Use a glass that has a diameter between 3" - 3 1/2".

This dough will make 6 biscuits.

Place biscuits on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Beat egg and brush tops with egg wash.

Place in 450 degree oven for 10 - 12 minutes.

You can make the biscuits the night before. Just place on parchment-lined cookie sheet and put in fridge. Brush with egg wash right before you pop in the oven.

I made these lovelies on Christmas morning. My husband and I woke at 5:45 AM Christmas morning and drove 300 miles to Connecticut. Being very brilliant, I cooked up some sausage that morning too, and stuffed them into the biscuits.

It was a wonderful driving treat.

Next year, I hope to be enjoying them in my house Christmas morning.