Ingredients

The following ingredients have 20 Servings
  • 5 cups all purpose flour
  • 4 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 2 cups buttermilk (well shaken)
  • 1 package dry yeast
  • 2 tablespoons warm water to dissolve yeast in
  • 3/4 cup unsalted butter (diced)
  • 1/2 cup butter (at room temperature)
  • 1/2 cup apricot preserves
  • 2 pounds country ham (see recipe on this site, shaved or very thinly sliced)

Instruction

  • Sift dry ingredients together in a large bowl. Add butter. Using a pastry cutter or two knives, cut the butter into the flour mixture until its well combined and crumbly- looking. This may take 5-10 minutes.
  • Mix yeast and warm water together in a small bowl. Set aside to bloom for a few minutes.
  • Add buttermilk and yeast to flour mixture and stir to combine.
  • Refrigerate dough until ready to bake.
  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cover a baking sheet with a piece of parchment paper.
  • Dust a work surface with flour. Take 1/4 of the dough and place it on the work surface. Knead dough for about 20 seconds. Lightly sprinkle top of dough and a rolling pin with flour. Roll out the dough to about a half to 3/4" thickness. Using small biscuit cutter (mine is about 2" in diameter- which makes perfect 2-3 bite biscuits), cut out biscuits. Transfer biscuits to the parchment paper.
  • Bake for 12-15 minutes until very lightly browned.
  • Meanwhile, add the butter and preserves to the bowl of a mini-prep food processor. Pulse until the mixture comes together and is very smooth. Transfer to a small bowl and set aside.
  • To assemble biscuits, split a biscuit in half. Lay several thin slices of ham on the biscuit. Spread a small spoonful of the apricot butter onto the top half of the biscuit and place on the ham. Serve.