earth chef: bodacious biscuits

Grandma never cooked biscuits this good.....this here is BODACIOUS BISCUITS, Iron Skillet Bodacious Biscuits. Make some today! Someone gave me this recipe years ago, I think it had something about a restaurant (maybe "Tupelo Honey") serving them. Somewhere in the text it said something about Bodacious, hence the name "Bodacious Biscuits". Of course I've tinkered with it, I hope you do the same. Make it your own!

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400 degree oven

INGREDIENTS

2 cups flour
2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/3 cup unsalted butter or shortening (cut into small pieces)
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 cup buttermilk
melted butter to top biscuits

DIRECTIONS

In a large mixing bowl, whisk the flour, sugar and salt. Snap the pieces of shortening or butter with your fingers until the pieces are no larger than peas. make a well in the mixture and pour in the cream and 2/3 cup buttermilk. Using your hands and/or a rubber spatula, mix in the flour and and turn the dough until the dry ingredients are moistened and the dough resembles cottage cheese, adding more buttermilk if needed.

Sprinkle your work surface with flour, turn the dough onto surface and sprinkle top of dough with flour. Fold dough in half, add flour, press into a round, repeat until you have a good consistency. Do not over work. Work dough into a one inch thick round Cut biscuits with a two inch biscuit cutter, do not twist cut. Makes 15-16 biscuits.

Place biscuits in pan or iron skillet, sides touching. Brush the tops with melted butter and bake for 15 to 20 minutes, golden brown. Remove from oven and brush the biscuits again with melted butter.
Bodacious Biscuits freeze well.