Stir & Roll Biscuits

Prep:20 minutes   Total time : 45 minutes   Makes 2 dozen

1/3               cup cold butter
2-1/4            cups self-rising  soft-wheat flour
1-1/4            cups buttermilk
    * Patchment paper*
2                   tablespoons melted butter

1 .       Preheat oven to 450* . Cut cold butter  with a sharp knife  or pastry blender  into 1/4-inch slices . Sprinkle  butter slices  over flour in a large bowl . Toss butter with flour  . Cut butter  into flour  with a pastry blender  until crumbly  and mixture  resembles small peas . Cover and chill  10 minutes  . Add buttermilk , stirring just until dry ingredients  are moistened .
2 .        Turn dough  out onto a floured surface , knead 3 to 4 times , gradually  adding additional flour as needed . With floured hands , press  or pat dough into a  3/4-inch-thick restangle (about 9 x 5 inches) . Sprinkle  top of dough  with additional flour  . Fold dough ocer  onto itself  in 3 sections , starting  with the short end . (Fold dough rectangle  as if folding  a letter size  piece of paper).