100% Whole Wheat Sour Cream Biscuits

Total Time: 23 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 18 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups 100% whole wheat flour
• 2 tablespoons gluten
• 2 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt (or regular)
• 1/4 cup cold butter, cut in pats
• 1/2 cup cold milk
• 1/2 cup sour cream

Recipe

• 1 put oven rack just below the middle so the biscuits will bake in the middle of the oven. this will prevent the bottoms being overdone, and will produce a nice crust on the top and a tender middle.
• 2 preheat oven to 400°f bake 18 minutes, or until the biscuit is firm with just a little "give" when lightly pressed on top, and are golden brown. the time will vary slightly depending on the size of your biscuits.
• 3 in a medium bowl, stir together flour, gluten, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• 4 using a pastry blender, cut cold butter into the flour mixture until it resembles coarse crumbs. make a well in the center of the flour mixture; set aside. (if you don't have a pastry blender, use two table knives and keep cutting across the mixture. it takes a little longer, but works as well.).
• 5 in a small bowl, stir together milk and sour cream until mixture is fairly smooth. add the milk mixture all at once to the flour mixture in the medium bowl. using a wooden spoon or spatula, stir just until the dough sticks together.
• 6 turn dough onto a lightly-floured surface. gently knead 10-12 times, or just until the dough holds together.
• 7 pat dough to 1/2 thickness, forming a square or rectangle. cut dough into squares or rectangles. if too large, cut squares across corner-to-corner into diamonds. or: roll dough with a floured rolling pin to 1/2-inch thickness and cut biscuits with a floured 3-inch biscuits cutter. push the cutter straight down and twist to cut the dough without tearing it. push the cut biscuits out of the cutter.
• 8 put the cut biscuits on an ungreased baking sheet, leaving about a 1-inch space on all sides between biscuits so the sides will get "crusty" like the tops.
• 9 bake for 18 minutes, or until golden brown. serve warm.