Easy, Flaky Breakfast Biscuits – Take 2

Preheat oven to 450 F.

Place all the dry ingredients (flour through salt) in a large bowl; mix well. Cut 1/3-cup of the cold butter into very small pieces, and then add it into the flour mixture. Cut the butter into the flour, using a pastry cutter or fork. Add the milk to the flour mixture, stirring just until incorporated.

Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and fold it over on itself a couple of times. Gently pat the dough out to a 3/4-inch thickness. Cut the biscuits using a 2-inch biscuit cutter or glass drinking glass.

Place biscuits onto a Silpat or parchment paper lined baking sheet. Bake for 9 minutes. Remove from oven. Melt the leftover butter, and use a pastry brush to liberally brush each biscuit with it.