Recipe - Fresh Herb Buttermilk Biscuits

3 cup Allpurpose flour
1 One half tablespoon Doubleacting baking powder
Three fourths teaspoon Baking soda
Three fourths teaspoon Salt
2 tablespoon Sugar
Three fourths cup Butter; cold
1 Egg; slightly beaten
Three fourths cup Buttermilk
One half cup Fresh herbs; * see note

Recipe by: Elizabeth Powell Preparation Time: 0:40
Sift dry ingredients together. Cut butter into tablespoons and, with a
pastry blender, blend into dry ingredients until texture is that of
cornmeal. Stir parsley, chives, and oregano/thyme with One half cup buttermilk
into beaten egg and add mixture to flour mixture. Stir quickly, adding
remainder of buttermilk as necessary until dough forms a ball. Turn onto
floured surface and knead once. Let dough rest for a minute, then roll out
to 3/4" thickness. Cut into 2" rounds. Place biscuits on buttered baking
sheet, 1" apart. Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes or until golden brown.

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