Title: Baking powder biscuits with onions and shallots
 Categories: Breads
      Yield: 16 Servings
 
      1 md Onion
      1 sm Shallot
     11 tb Chilled butter
      1 c  Cold milk
      2 c  All-purpose flour
      1 c  Plain cake flour
      1 tb Baking powder
           Salt
 
  PREPARATION: Line a baking sheet with parchment or wax paper. Peel and
  mince onion and shallot. Heat 1 tablespoon butter in a skillet. Add
  onion and shallot, and saute' until softened, 5 minutes. Cool mixture
  and stir in milk; set aside. Mix flours, baking powder, and 1
  teaspoon salt in a bowl, or in the workbowl of a food processor
  fitted with the metal blade. Cut 9 tablespoons butter into 1/2-inch
  pieces and work butter into the dry ingredients with your fingertips,
  or pulse, until mixture resembles coarse meal. Stir or pulse in the
  milk mixture until the dough just holds together. Transfer dough to a
  lightly floured surface and knead 10 times.
  
  COOKING: Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 400F.
  Roll dough 3/4 inch thick, cut into 1 1/2-inch squares, and put 1
  inch apart on baking sheet. Melt and brush remaining butter on top of
  the biscuits. Bake until golden brown, about 18 minutes. Serve warm.
  Makes 16 Biscuits.
  
  Formatted for Kitmail 5/98
  
  Posted by JoAnn Pellegrino NOTES
  : The sauteed onion and shallot add a sweet and savory flavor to these
  biscuits, which are in constant demand at Rocco's restaurant in
  Boston. Recipe