Heat oven to 475F. Cut the butter into small cubes and freeze for 15 minutes. Stir the dry ingredients together in a large bowl. Cut in the butter using either a pastry blender, two knives. or your fingers until the mixture resembles a coarse meal. Stir in the buttermilk using a fork just until the dough forms. Knead 3 to 4 turns on a lightly floured surgace and pat into a 7 -by 10 inch rectangle. Cut out biscuits using a 3-inch cutter, gathering the scraps until all the dough isused.
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