Instructions

1. Mix egg and buttermilk until egg is mixed and set aside.
2. Add Flour, Sugar, Baking Powder, Baking Soda, Cream of Tartar and Salt in a mixing bowl. Mix with a spoon until combined.
3. Add very cold cubed butter to the flour mixture. Using a pastry cutter or your hands, mix the butter into the flour into it is combined.
4. Add buttermilk/egg mixture to the flour. Stir only until combined.  Do not over stir!
5. Pour dough out onto a lightly floured countertop.  There will still be some unmixed flour mixture in the bowl, pour that out too.  Gently knead 5-6 times until the dough forms a ball. Do not over knead.
6. Press the dough with your hands into a circle, it should be about 1" thick.
7. Using a 2 1/2" biscuit cutter, cut out the biscuits. Do not twist the cookie cutter, it will help the biscuits rise if the edges aren't smoothed out.
8. Place the biscuits on a prepared baking sheet (we use parchment paper.)
9. Brush the biscuits with Buttermilk before baking.
10. Bake in a pre-heated 450 degree oven for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown on the top.