Jam-n-Butter Biscuits

You can really taste the vanilla in these and it's delish with jam.

Jam-n-Butter Biscuits

2 ¾ C flour

1 ½ tsp baking powder

½ tsp baking soda

½ tsp kosher salt

½ C butter, cold

½ C buttermilk

½ C heavy cream

1 large egg (room temp)

1 tsp vanilla extract

Seeds scraped from vanilla bean (or extra 1 tsp extract)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In large bowl, mix together dry ingredients. Cut in butter with pastry blender until butter is in small pieces. In small bowl, whisk together buttermilk, cream, egg and vanilla extract until well mixed. Place vanilla seeds in separate small bowl, add a bit of the buttermilk mixture and mix until seeds loosen and mix into liquid. Scrape this into the rest of the mixture and whisk well.

Pour liquid into dry ingredients and mix until just barely combined. Flick flour over silicone mat and pat dough onto mat into a rectangle, about 1 ½ inches thick. Cut biscuits into squares and place on baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

Bake for 15-25 minutes (until lightly browned and no longer doughy). Let cool slightly. Serve with butter and strawberry jam.

*From Pastry Love by Joanne Chang