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Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Set oven rack in center position.
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Place parchment paper on cookie sheet and set aside.
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Measure flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into a large bowl.
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Add cut butter. Use your fingertips to pinch butter into dry ingredients until it looks like course meal.
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Add 1 cup fresh parmesan (reserving half a cup fro later) and chives, mix well with hands.
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Make a well in the center and pour buttermilk into well. Stir and then use hands to mix until dough is formed. Dough will be very sticky (grain free won't be as sticky)
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Form into a ball.
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Sprinkle counter with flour and set dough on counter. Use hands to form into a 1" thick flat round disk.
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Cut into circles. I use the top of a mason jar but you can use a round cookie cutter.
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Fold leftover dough and form into a 1" thick flat round disk again. Cut dough. Repeat till all dough is gone.
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Place dough onto cookie sheet. Bake for 15 minutes. Very quickly sprinkle biscuits with remaining cheese and sprinkle with pine nuts. Bake 3-5 more minutes. Cheese should melt and pine nuts should become golden.
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Serve warm with butter from grass fed cows!