Ingredients

• 4 cups freshly ground soft wheat (pastry) flour
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon sea salt
• 3/4 cup cold butter, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
• 1 to 1 1/4 cup kefir, buttermilk, or sour raw milk

Instructions

1. Mix dry ingredients and cubed butter in food processor until crumbly. Use the pulse function to do a little at a time. Do not overdo it!
2. Transfer to large bowl and stir in kefir just until you have a moist dough. Handle and mix as little as possible.
3. Roll 1" thick and cut into biscuits. Place on cookie sheet.
4. One hour before you want to bake, place in refrigerator to cool down and firm up. (Butter will have melted and be kind of runny.)
5. Bake at least 14 minutes (until golden brown) in an oven preheated to 450 degrees F.

Notes

• This makes a fairly moist dough. It is not a lot of fun to work with, but has given me the best results tastewise.
• Kudos to my sister-in-law, Tina, for figuring out how to make these rise -- the food processor!
• This makes about 14 biscuits.