Drop Cornbread Biscuits

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• Ingredients
• milk
• lemon juice
• flour
• cornmeal
• sugar
• baking powder
• salt
• unsalted butter
• Recipe
• Make a buttermilk substitute by combining and letting sit:
• 1 cup milk (240g)
• 1 tbsp lemon juice (15g)
• Whisk together in a large bowl:
• 1³/₄ cups flour (224g)
• ²/₃ cup cornmeal (105g)
• 1 tbsp sugar (13g)
• 1 tbsp baking powder (14g)
• ¹/₂ tsp salt
• Add and toss to coat:
• ¹/₂ cup unsalted butter (113g), cut into eighths
• Using a pastry blender, cut into the butter until the largest bits are pea-sized.
• Add the buttermilk substitute you made earlier and stir a few times until the dough comes together.
• Use a spoon to scoop onto a baking sheet, making about 12 biscuits.
• Bake for 12 to 14 minutes. Be careful not to scorch the bottoms.
• You can substitute buttermilk for buttermilk substitute. Sour milk or cream also works well.