Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
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Lightly grease a cookie sheet.
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Sift the flour, cake flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda into a bowl.
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Stir in the lemon peel, if used.
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Add the butter and work it into dry ingredients using your fingers or a pastry blender, until the mixture resembles coarse meal.
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Pour in the buttermilk and quickly mix the ingredients into a soft ball of dough.
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Place the dough on a lightly floured surface and knead about 10 times.
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Roll or press the dough gently to 1/2-inch thickness.
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Cut out biscuits using a cookie or doughnut cutter (or the rim of a water glass).
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Place the pieces one inch apart (for darker biscuits) or close together (for fluffier biscuits) on the cookie sheet.
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Bake for or lightly browned.
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Makes 10-12
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