Einkorn Buttermilk Biscuits

We are trying out einkorn flour recipes and this one we've already made several times and it's worked really well. For our high altitude we used more buttermilk than the original recipe. Kids love these as biscuits for biscuits and gravy too! 

Original Recipe: https://jovialfoods.com/blogs/recipes/einkorn-buttermilk-biscuits

Ingredients:

3 cups einkorn flour (we ordered ours from ancient grains)

2 tbsps sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1 stick butter - grated on largest grater

1- 1.5 cups buttermilk

Directions:

1. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in the bowl of a standing mixer. Mix with a spoon. Directly into it grate the butter. 

2. Equip the dough hook and have the machine work the butter into the dough - it's not terribly successful, but after a little bit add in the buttermilk and everything should combine nicely. 

3. After everything is nicely blended together it should form a nice but fairly soft ball. Adjust with more liquid or flour if needed here. 

4. Place dough ball in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes

5. Preheat oven to 425 

6. Take the dough ball to a silicone mat and fold in on itself while squishing it about 8 times or so. 

7. Use circle cutter to create biscuits of desired size. 

8. Bake for about 20 minutes until golden. 

What we liked:

These were really great and different from regular biscuits, the einkorn flour is very different. 

What we didn't like:

It was a little hard to get the proper liquid/flour ratio the first few times - but that's likely due to our high altitude. 

What Kaspian thought about it:

He liked them with gravy and liked them with chicken as part of a chicken sandwich :) 

Next time:

Make more!