BUTTERMILK BISCUITS

Ingredients:

• 2 cups unbleached white flour,
• 1/2 teaspoon salt,
• 4 teaspoons baking powder,
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda,
• 6 tablespoons applesauce or 3 tablespoons Greek yogurt,
• 1/4 cup buttermilk,

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Sift all of the dry ingredients into a large bowl.
3. Now focus on what you will do with the wet ingredients.  Mix the applesauce with the buttermilk in a medium bowl.  
4. Quickly, yet gently, stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, just until the dough holds together.  Do not over stir to the point in which the dough is tough.  
5. Lightly flour a board, place dough on the board, and knead the dough with lightly floured hands.
6. Option 1: Roll out dough to 1/2 inch thickness.  Option 2: For a layered taste, press dough into. sphere, cut in half, place one half on top of the other, and press down. Repeat three times.  Then roll the dough out to 1/2 inch thickness.
7. Cut biscuit rounds into the dough with a biscuit cutter and/or an upside down glass.
8. Place the biscuits on nonstick baking sheet or a ungreased baking sheet with biscuits nearly touching or while leaving little space between each biscuit.
9. Bake for 15 to 18 minutes or until the biscuits are golden brown.  Serve whilst warm with preserves or butter or ghee or jelly or plain.