Parmesan Biscuits

 

I was off from work today and all it has done outside is rain.  So it was a perfect day to cook.   Since the weather is starting to warm up and there will not be too many more cool days I made beef stew and these delicious biscuits.

To me nothing beats a homemade biscuit.  They are actually pretty simple to make.  The most difficult step is cutting the butter into the flour, but if you use a mixer with a paddle or a food processor this becomes a really easy task.  You will never want to eat a canned or frozen biscuit again.

Parmesan Biscuits

1 & 1/2 sticks of cold butter

2 cups flour

1 tbs baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, grated

1/2 cup buttermilk

2 eggs

Preheat the oven  425 degrees.  Cut the butter into small pieces.  Then in the bowl of a mixer with a paddle attached add the flour, baking powder, salt, and Parmesan.  Mix on low until combined.  Then add the cold butter and mix on medium speed until the butter is about the size of small peas. 

Then add the buttermilk and one egg.  Mix just until the mixture comes together.

Then knead with your hand a few times until it is a one mass.

If you want you can roll these out and cut the biscuits into rounds, but it is so much easier to pat out balls of dough in your hands.  Then in a small bowl beat together one egg and 1 tbs water to make a egg wash.  Then brush over the tops of biscuits and bake for 20-25 minutes.  These will be some of the best biscuits you have ever had.