Tender Cornmeal Buttermilk Biscuits

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.

Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Combine flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl; cut in butter with a pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add buttermilk; stir just until moist.

Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Pat dough into an 8 x 4-inch rectangle. Cut dough by making 1 lengthwise cut and 3 crosswise cuts to form biscuits. Place biscuits, 1 inch apart, on an ungreased baking sheet.

Bake at 450 degrees F for 12 minutes or until golden. Serve biscuits warm or at room temperature.