Liz Smith’s Biscuits

Name: Liz Smith's Biscuits
Total time: PT0D0H0M
Yield: makes 12 biscuits
Ingredients: 2 cups flour, plus more for dusting; 2 tbsp. baking powder; 1 tsp. kosher salt; 7 tbsp. unsalted butter; 3 ⁄ 4 cup milk

Serves
makes 12 biscuits

HELEN ROSNER

This biscuit recipe from writer Liz Smith was one of the late Nora Ephron's favorites; it was included in Ephron's memorial service program. It first appeared in the tablet edition of our Jan/Feb 2014 SAVEUR 100 with the article Remembering Nora Ephron.

Ingredients

2 cups flour, plus more for dusting
2 tbsp. baking powder
1 tsp. kosher salt
7 tbsp. unsalted butter
³⁄₄ cup milk

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Instructions

Step 1

Heat oven to 450°. Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Using a dough blender, two forks, or your fingers, cut butter into flour mixture, forming pea-size crumbles. Add milk; stir until dough just comes to together with visible flecks of butter. On a lightly dusted surface, roll dough 1" thick. Using a small juice glass or a 2 1⁄2" round cutter, cut out biscuits and transfer to a baking sheet; bake until golden, 10–12 minutes.