Just a Good Biscuit

I've never been able to make a simple, successful biscuit until I came across Deb Perelman's recipe for these everything seasoned biscuits. I would like to try these with shredded cheddar instead of everything seasoning. And the everything bagel seasoning from Trader Joe's is too salty for this recipe. I learned the hard way!

Ingredients

For the everything bagel mix

• 2 tbsp sesame seeds
• 2 tbsp poppy seeds
• 1 tbsp dried minced onion
• 2 tsp dried minced garlic
• 1 tsp coarse salt

For the biscuits

• 2½ cups (325 g) all purpose flour
• 2½ tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp coarse salt
• 4 tbsp (55 g) cold unsalted butter, cut into ½-inch cubes
• 4 oz (115 g) cream cheese, cold, cut into ½-inch cubes
• 1 cup (235 mL) buttermilk

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 450F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
2. To make the everything bagel seed mix, mix together all of the ingredients in a small bowl. Set aside.
3. To make the biscuits, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and 1 tsp salt in a large bowl. Add the butter and cream cheese to the dry ingredients and toss together with your hands. Cut the butter and cream cheese into the dry ingredients with either your fingers or a pastry blender, mixing until it becomes the texture of wet sand. Add in the buttermilk and stir until just combined.
4. Drop the dough into the bowl with the everything bagel mixture in twelve equal rounds. Toss in the bowl to ensure each round gets covered with it. Move to the prepared baking sheet, spacing all of the rounds out evenly. Repeat until all the dough is used up.
5. Bake until golden, about 12 minutes.