ATK Kids Pull-apart Buttermilk Biscuits

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INGREDIENTS

Vegetable oil spray

1 Tbl baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1 Tbl sugar

1 tsp salt

2 cups (10 oz) all purpose flour

4 Tbl unsalted butter, cut into 1/4" pieces and chilled

1-1/2 cup (12 oz) buttermilk, chilled

PREPARATION

1. Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 450 degrees. Spray inside bottom and sides of 9-­inch round metal cake pan with vegetable oil spray.

2. Place baking powder, baking soda, sugar, salt, and 2 cups flour of the flour in food processor. Pulse and repeat until ingredients are combined, about six 1-second pulses.

3. Remove lid and scatter chilled butter pieces evenly over flour mixture. Pulse until mixture resembles pebbly, coarse cornmeal, eight to ten 1-second pulses.

4. Remove food processor blade and transfer flour mixture to medium bowl. 

5. Add buttermilk and use rubber spatula to gently stir until just combined and no dry flour is visible. Do not overmix.

6. To form and bake biscuits: Sprinkle remaining 1 cup flour evenly over rimmed baking sheet. 

7. Spray 1/4-cup dry measuring cup with vegetable oil spray and then use greased measuring cup to scoop batter and use rubber spatula to scrape off extra batter. 

8. Drop scoops onto floured baking sheet to make 12 biscuits (use rubber spatula to scrape dough from measuring cup if needed).

9. Use flour from baking sheet to flour your hands. Working with 1 piece of dough at a time, flour and shape dough into rough balls, shake off excess flour, and transfer dough ball to cake pan so it is touching edge of pan. 

10. Repeat with remaining dough pieces, arranging 9 rounds around edge of pan and 3 rounds in center.

11. Use pastry brush to paint tops of dough rounds with melted butter.

12. Place cake pan in oven. Bake until biscuits are deep golden brown, about 20 minutes.

13. Remove cake pan from oven, place pan on cooling rack, and let biscuits cool in pan for 15 minutes. 

14. Turn cake pan upside down to release biscuits from pan. Turn biscuits right side up and use your hands to pull them apart. Serve warm.