You Don't Know these Biscuits!

This morning my mom made these biscuits for my dad to celebrate Father's Day!  Biscuits and poached eggs topped with a thin slice of white American cheese make for a great breakfast!  I came down and looked through the oven window in great anticipation until my mom told me they were cornmeal, wheat, and flax biscuits...!

I was definitely suspicious!  Yet my suspicions were unfounded.  These biscuits were amazing!  They were light and flaky just like a biscuit should be.  They have a hearty flavor from the cornmeal, wheat flour and flax, but retain the lightness because of the white flour.

In honor of the new biscuit recipe which I initially misjudged, here's "You Don't Know Me" sung by Ray Charles.


CORNMEAL BISCUITS

1/4 cup cornmeal
1/4 cup wheat flour
1 1/2 cups white flour
3 tablespoons ground flax
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder, aluminum free/low salt
1/2 tsp Kosher salt
1/2 cup butter, Land O'Lakes
3/4 cup plus 1-2 tablespoons milk

Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

Stir together cornmeal, flours, ground flax, sugar, baking powder, and salt.  Cut butter into cornmeal mixture with a pastry blender until texture is crumbly.

Stir in milk with a fork.  Dough will be soft and sticky.

Put 2 tablespoons additional white flour on a clean surface.  Dump sticky dough out onto floured surface then knead dough very lightly 10 times.  Pat dough into a square so that the dough is about half-inch high.  Cut with a knife into 16 small squares.

Place on ungreased baking sheet and bake for 9-12 minutes.  Check to make sure they do not bake too long.  Biscuits should be slightly moist.