Sausage and Herb Mini Biscuits

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon double-acting baking powder 
• 8 ounces sausage meat 
• 2 cups flour all-purpose
• 2 cups herbs: rosemary fresh such as parsley, thyme, rosemary or chives, chopped loosely packed
• 0.8 cup milk 
• 0.3 teaspoon salt 
• 6 tablespoons butter unsalted chilled cut into small pieces

Equipment

• frying pan
• baking sheet
• paper towels
• oven
• cookie cutter
• pastry cutter

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 425F. Warm a skillet over medium heat.
2. Add sausage; cook, breaking it into small pieces and stirring until no longer pink, 6 to 8 minutes.
3. Drain on paper towels.
4. Combine flour, baking powder and salt. Use a pastry cutter to cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse sand. Gently stir in sausage, milk and herbs.
5. Turn dough out onto a floured countertop; roll into a large, 1/2-inch-thick circle. Use a 1 1/2-inch cookie cutter to form biscuits. Gather scraps into a ball, roll and cut again.
6. Place 12 biscuits on a baking sheet.
7. Bake until lightly browned, 15 to 18 minutes. Repeat with remaining biscuits.