How to Make Mei's Biscuits

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When we think about perfect biscuits, we think of THESE by Mei Lin 😍 Get the recipe👇 Flakiest Biscuits Recipe Courtesy of Mei Lin Level: Intermediate Total: 1 hr 40 min (includes resting time) Active: 45 min Yield: 6 biscuits Ingredients 2 2/3 cups (360 grams) all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting  2 tablespoons (20 grams) baking powder 2 tablespoons (25 grams) sugar  1 1/2 teaspoons (5 grams) kosher salt 1 teaspoon (5 grams) baking soda 2 sticks (1 cup; 230 grams) frozen unsalted butter 1 cup (260 grams) ice cold buttermilk  1/4 cup schmaltz, bacon fat or melted butter Flaky sea salt, such as Maldon, for sprinkling Directions In a large bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, sugar, kosher salt and baking soda. Grate the frozen butter on the large holes of a box grater into the flour mixture and using your hands, start incorporating the butter into the flour mixture until you have pea-size chunks of butter in your dough. Add the buttermilk a little at a time and fold by hand to prevent overmixing. You want a shaggy dough that just barely holds together. Flip the dough onto a lightly floured work surface and begin folding it on top of itself until it just comes together. Shape into a rectangle with the help of a bench scraper. Roll the dough into a rectangle slightly larger than 6 by 9 inches. Begin folding the dough into a letter fold: first fold a third of the dough onto itself followed by the last third. Roll into a similar-size rectangle again. Continue with this s

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