Black Pepper Biscuits - Cooking Club - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 cups all-purpose flour
4 teaspoons sugar
4 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons cracked black pepper
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup unsalted butter, chilled and cut up
1 cup cold whole milk
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

Preparation

Heat oven to 425 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, pepper and salt.
With pastry blender or 2 knives, cut in 1/2 cup of the butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs with some pea-sized pieces.
Stir in milk just until soft dough forms.
On lightly floured surface, pat or gently roll out dough to 3/4\" thickness.
With floured biscuit cutter, cut into 2\" rounds, pushing straight down and pulling up without twisting cutter.
Place biscuits on baking sheets.
Press scraps together to use all the dough.
Melt remaining 2 tablespoons butter. Brush over tops of biscuits.
Bake biscuits 10-12 minutes or until light golden brown on tops and golden brown on bottoms.
Cool briefly on wire rack.