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Grandma's Old-Fashioned Sourdough Biscuits

5 from 3 votes
Sourdough biscuits made with starter discard
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings: 14 biscuits
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups einkorn all-purpose flour or freshly ground einkorn wheat, other flour of your choice (extra flour if dough is sticky)
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt (decrease/omit salt if using salted butter)
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 3/4 cup cold butter or 1 1/2 sticks butter
  • 2 cups sourdough starter discard

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven 425
  2. Mix dry ingredients-flour, salt, baking powder, and soda
  3. Slice butter, or use grater and with a fork or pastry cutter, crumble butter into dry ingredients leaving chunks of butter.
  4. Add sourdough and mix until well combined. add extra flour if dough is sticky.
  5. Oil an iron skillet with your choice of oil. I like to use bacon fat
  6. Pinch off a good round of dough, flatten, dip both sides in grease and place in skillet. repeat until all biscuits are crammed in there.
  7. Bake at 425°F for 15-18 min

Notes

  • This makes 14 biscuits, which is enough for us to have two each. 
  • The colder the butter, the better. 
  • Use the flour of your choice, but you may need to adjust the discard or butter for a sticky dough.