Savory Cranberry-Walnut Biscuits

Name: Savory Cranberry-Walnut Biscuits
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 15
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoons baking soda; 2 sticks unsalted butter—10 tablespoons cut into 1/2-inch cubes and chilled, 2 tablespoons melted; 237 milliliters buttermilk, chilled; 118 milliliters chopped dried cranberries; 532 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon salt; 15 servings Flaky salt, such as Maldon, and pepper to taste; 1 shallot, minced and sautéed; 118 milliliters chopped toasted walnuts

You can never have too many hor d'oeuvre recipes, so give Savory Cranberry-Walnut Biscuits a try. This recipe makes 15 servings with 199 calories, 3g of protein, and 12g of fat each. This recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 40 minutes. Head to the store and pick up flaky salt, cranberries, salt, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 425 and position a rack in the lower third of the oven. In a large shallow bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda and fine salt.

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Baking Soda

Fine Salt

All Purpose Flour

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Whisk

Bowl

Oven

Add the chilled butter and use a pastry blender or 2 knives to cut the butter into the flour until it is the size of peas. Stir in shallot, cranberries, walnuts, and pepper. Stir in the buttermilk just until the dough is moistened. Lightly dust a work surface with flour. Turn the dough out onto the surface and knead 2 or 3 times, just until it comes together. Pat the dough into a 1/2-inch-thick disk.

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Cranberries

Buttermilk

Shallot

Walnuts

Butter

Pepper

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Peas

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Blender

Using a floured 2 1/4-inch round cookie cutter, stamp out biscuit rounds as closely together as possible. Gather the scraps and knead them together 2 or 3 times, then flatten the dough and stamp out more biscuit rounds. Pat the remaining scraps together and gently press them into a biscuit.

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Biscuits

Dough

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Cookie Cutter

Transfer the biscuits to a large baking sheet and brush the tops with the melted butter. Lightly sprinkle the biscuits with a few grains of flaky salt and chill until firm, about 10 minutes.

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Biscuits

Butter

Grains