Angel Tea Biscuits

1 pkg. of granulated yeast (or I use my breadmaker yeast 2 ¼ tsp.)

¼ cup warm water

5 cups unbleached all purpose flour

3 tbsp. white sugar

3 heaping tsp. baking powder

1 heaping tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. salt

1 cup cold butter or margarine or half and half

2 cups of buttermilk

1 egg and 1 tbsp. of water for egg wash

Preheat oven to 400°F

Combine yeast in warm water in a small dish. Set aside to dissolve…about 10 minutes…in the mean time you can mix together your dry ingredients in a large bowl. Then cut in butter/margarine with a pastry blender until crumbly with some butter still the size of small peas.

Stir in yeast and buttermilk. …take off your rings as this is messy… Mix just to get it together with a very large spoon or stiff spatula or your hands (me). Turn out to a well floured surface. Flour your hands and kneed a few times….do not handle too much as you will have tough biscuits….roll to ¾ inch and cut out biscuits with a biscuit cutter or floured appropriate sized glass. Mix up your egg wash and brush tops of biscuits…I also prick them with a fork and shape them a bit with my hands if they’re lopsided.

Bake on ungreased cookie sheet…not touching. Depending on the size of your biscuits…time will vary. For me this batch makes 18 large and takes 18 minutes. If you get more your time will be less…probably 15 minutes.

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