Kentucky meets New Jersey
Inspired by: Baking Sense using local NJ honey, made for Kentucky apple butter!
Ingredients
- 224 g active starter – this one is mainly made up of a 100% bread flour starter supplemented with my 80% wheat-20% rye starter (189 g bread flour starter, 35 g wheat-rye starter) – it took 6.5 h for my fed starter to rise and pass a float test during the summer w/ approx 50% humidity, 75 degree F kitchen
- 180 ml warm water, approx 85 degrees F
- 240 ml warm milk, 110 degrees F – I used oat milk
- 700 g flour – this one is made up of mostly bread flour supplemented by Yechezkel flour (4.5 c bread flour, .5 Yechezkel flour)
- 75 g honey – from a neighbor, doesn’t get much more local than that!
- 56 g oil – I used canola oil
- 2 t salt – I used course salt
- cornmeal
Instructions
- combine starter, water, milk and 2 c flour
- cover and set for 30 min
- combine honey, oil, and salt
- add rest of flour
- if using a stand mixer, set up your dough hook for the next part
- mix all ingredients together and, if using stand mixer, knead for 2-3 minutes
- transfer bowl to lightly oiled bowl (I used olive oil), coat the dough, cover the bowl and let sit 30 min
- perform your first series of turns, then rest an additional 30 min
- perform your second series of turns, then rest 60 min
- perform your third and last series of turns, then rest another 60 min
- you can do this up to an additional 2 hours if the dough is still not light and airy
- knead into a ball and place onto a cornmeal-dusted workplace
- roll out to 1/2″ thickness and cut out 3″ biscuits – I used the lip of a drinking glass, but was a little thick
- place onto ungreased baking sheet while you pre-heat the griddle to medium-low (325 degrees F) and the biscuits have a chance to rise, covered for 1 hr/until nearly double in size
- spray the griddle and cook biscuits 8 min/side until they rise and are deep, golden brown
- cool on wire rack
- serve toasted – we “cut” ours open using a fork to create the nooks and crannies
- freeze leftovers and defrost approx 20 sec/side in microwave
