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).
