Midnight Biscuits

Sometimes you have a long and stressful week and you just need biscuits. If this is your situation, you need these incredibly soft, garlicky, flaky, golden, crispy and delicious biscuits. While I'm usually a little intimidated by trying to make pastries and flaky doughs that rise in gorgeous layers of buttery deliciousness, these are incredibly easy and yield fantastic results. If you can do laundry you can make these; the trick is all in the folding and stacking!

[Recipe Adapted from http://singaporeshiok.blogspot.sg/2012/09/stacked-garlic-biscuits.html#.UF_407LiZ9s&disp=181389]

You will need:

3 c flour

2 tsp cream of tartar and 1 tsp baking soda

     OR substitute 3 tsp baking powder instead of both

2 tsp sugar

1 1/2 tsp garlic salt

     OR substitute about 1.25 tsp salt and .25 tsp garlic powder

1 stick (1/2 c) cold firm butter

1 c cold milk (do not use buttermilk if using the cream of tartar)  

Preheat oven to 460 F and grease your baking tray
 
Whisk together flour, cream of tartar, baking soda (or just the baking powder), sugar and garlic salt.
Cut in butter with a pastry blender/knives/finger tips until you forms large, course crumbs

Pour in milk and stir mixture together with a spatula only until the flour is moistened and mixture starts to come together - don't over-mix and don't knead the dough!

Turn the rough dough out onto a lightly floured board or work top and flatten slightly. Fold mixture into thirds and pat into a thick rectangle. Cut across into two squares and stack one on the other.

Pat down and out into a 1 in thick rectangle then cut into 12 squares with a sharp knife. Transfer biscuits to tray, putting them close together, and bake for 10 minutes, then reduce heat to 410 F and bake another 10 minutes.

Remove from oven and cool on a rack. Enjoy your midnight biscuits! (and then enjoy them again for breakfast)

Makes 12 biscuits