Big Whole Wheat Biscuits

Hope writes, "As we have moved to eating only whole grains, I tried many recipes for whole wheat biscuits and finally tweaked some until I came up with one we love. This makes about 12, big, fluffy biscuits."

Ingredients:

2 cups whole wheat flour (Hope uses hard white wheat.)

1 Tbsp. baking powder

1 tsp. salt

1 Tbsp. sugar or honey

1/3 cup butter or coconut oil (or a combo of the two)

1 cup milk

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar. Cut in the butter or oil until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Gradually stir in milk until dough pulls away from the side of the bowl.

Turn out onto a floured surface, and knead 15 to 20 times. Pat or roll dough out to 1 inch thick. Cut biscuits with a large cutter or juice glass dipped in flour. Repeat until all dough is used. Brush off the excess flour, and place biscuits onto an ungreased baking sheet.

Bake for 13 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven, or until edges begin to brown.

Written and submitted by Hope.