basic whole wheat biscuits

In college Billy was famous for his biscuits and gravy. After a night on the town, or, even just in bed, his biscuits and gravy were pleasant morning ritual. All my life I had been disgusted by biscuits and gravy. Soggy bread just wasn’t appealing. Then I had his and I’ve been changed ever since. Now, this is not his recipe for biscuits and gravy, just a mere explanation of the power of comfort food done right. His college biscuits and gravy were loaded with bacon fat, and as vegetarians, that’s a no-go. These biscuits do the trick paired with vegetarian gravy (flour and milk) or slathered with butter.

Adapted from Budget Bytes 

Ingredients

• 1 cup soy milk 
• 2.5 cups whole wheat flour
• 4 tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp baking soda 
• ¾ tsp salt
• 4 Tbsp cold butter

1. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. 
2. Combine dry ingredients.
3. Using your hands, mush the butter into the flour mixture until you get a dry sandy texture.
4. Stir in the cold milk, the dough will be very wet and sticky at this point.
5. Liberally flour the counter top and place dough and pat down until it is about ¾ inch thick. Using a cookie/biscuit cutter or, in my case a glass, cut the biscuits out of the dough. Place the cut biscuits onto a baking sheet lined with foil. 
6. Bake for 15 minutes. 
7. Drizzle with honey, slather with butter, or slop on some gravy and enjoy!