Moldy Biscuits

Total Time: 22 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons butter
• 2 scallions, thinly sliced
• 2 cups flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• green food coloring
• 1 tablespoon melted butter
• 1 tablespoon buttermilk

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 425°f
• 2 sauté the scallions in 3 tablespoons butter until they are soft. set the scallions aside and let cool.
• 3 sift the flour, baking soda, and salt into a large mixing bowl. cut the 1/2 cup butter into small pieces and cut it into the dry ingredients until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• 4 in a small bowl mix together the 3/4 cup buttermilk and the green food coloring, until it is a very dark shade of green.
• 5 make a well in the center of the flour mixture, and add the scallions and the green buttermilk.
• 6 mix until a very sticky dough just holds together.
• 7 turn out onto a floured surface and knead 20 times.
• 8 pat out until 1/2 inch thick.
• 9 cut with a 2 inch cutter. place biscuits on a baking sheet about 3 inches apart.
• 10 mix the melted butter and buttermilk and brush on the biscuits.
• 11 bake for 12-15 minutes until golden brown.