Cinnamon Buttermilk Biscuits

Ingredients

• 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup whole wheat flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/3 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cardamom

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.

2. 2

   Mix together flours, leaveners and salt.

3. 3

   Cut the softened butter into dry mixture with fork or food processor/pastry blender until the mixture is crumbly.

4. 4

   Pour in the buttermilk 1/4 of a cup at a time, mixing after each addition. It should be sticky, but firm enough to work with.

5. 5

   Lightly grease a 9-inch pie plate.

6. 6

   In a clean bowl, mix together the brown sugar, cinnamon and cardamom.

7. 7

   Take a spoon and scoop a sizable amount of the biscuit mixture (about 1/4 cup) and drop it into the sugar/spice mixture and roll to coat.

8. 8

   Put coated biscuit into pie plate.

9. 9

   Continue doing this until you've used up all of the biscuit batter.

10. 10

    Bake in the center of the oven for 10-12 minutes.

11. 11

    This should make about a dozen biscuits.

12. 12

    You may also melt some extra butter and pour it over the biscuits before you bake them to make them more gooey.