After shredding the slopes as the sun rises in the Mile High State, you need a breakfast that will load you right back up for round two! Make sure you include some Mile High Bread with your bacon and eggs to ensure you’re really filled up and ready to go! Its warmth will be perfect for any cold condition and its savory-ness is the ideal foundation for whatever you’re craving this morning. Mile High Bread will definitely make your next outing even more epic!
Ingredients
- 4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more, to taste, for dusting a work surface
- 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 10 tablespoons butter, cut into small cubes and frozen
- 1 3/4 cups buttermilk, cold
Directions
Step 1 –Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
Step 2 –In a large bowl, combine 4 cups of the flour, the salt, the baking powder, and the baking soda.
Step 3 –Add the butter cubes to the flour mixture and use a pastry cutter to cut them in until the mixture forms the consistency of small peas.
Step 4 –Create a well in the flour mixture and pour the buttermilk into it.
Step 5 –Mix the dough with a spoon or fork until it just holds together.
Step 6 –Dust the work surface with the extra flour and turn the dough out onto it.
Step 7 –Form the dough into a rectangle, then fold 1/3 of its sides to the center to create 3 layers.
Step 8 –Press the dough firmly to reform the rectangle shape to about 1 1/2-inches tall.
Step 9 –Bake the bread until it is cooked through and the top is brown, about 15-18 minutes.
Step 10 –Serve.
