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Tender and Flaky Buttermilk Biscuits

Homemade buttermilk biscuits made with buttermilk and pantry staples - ready in about 30 minutes !
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Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Servings 8 Biscuits
Calories 206 kcal

Ingredients
  

Whisk Dry Ingredients Together

  • 2 C Flour
  • .25 Tsp Baking Soda (to neutralize excess acid in buttermilk)
  • 1 Tbl Baking Powder (for leavening)
  • 1 Tsp Salt

Other Ingredients

  • 6 Tbl Butter Very Cold
  • 1 C Buttermilk Cold
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Instructions
 

  • Turn on your oven to 425℉.
  • Mix the dry ingredients together and whisk to combine.
  • Take 6 Tablespoons of very cold butter out of the fridge and cut into quarters (lengthwise) then slice into small pieces. Add the butter to your flour and use a pastry cutter / dough blender or two knives (the old fashioned way) and cut in the butter - until the butter is in pea sized pieces.
  • Once the butter is all mixed in - add 1C buttermilk. Stir the milk into the flour gently until just mixed.
  • Spread a bit of flour onto your counter - and then pat the dough to about an inch tall. Try not to over-work the biscuit dough.... If the dough is too sticky to deal with - add a bit of flour and roll around the dough. Do not KNEAD the dough. You want light and flaky biscuits. The less you work the dough, the taller and fluffier they will be.
  • Cut the biscuits in one STRAIGHT DOWN motion. Do not twist or turn the biscuit cutter. It is best if the biscuit cutter is metal - to get the cleanest lines. Alternately - you could pat the dough into a nice rectangle and then use a sharp knife to make square biscuits.
  • Place biscuits on a cookie sheet and brush buttermilk over the top. bake at 450 for 10 - 12 minutes. (You should get about 8 biscuits.)
  • Bake for 10 - 15 minutes. (You should get about 8 biscuits.)

Notes

Note - re-roll any scraps into additional biscuits.  They will not be as tender as the first set tho.  
Once you get familiar with the recipe and method you can consider adding other ingredients : 
  • Cheddar and Jalapeño
  • Rosemary and Garlic Powder  
  • Some like them sweet -> Can add 2 Tbl Sugar
  • Honey Glaze the top after pulling out of the oven? 
Recipe sourced from Food.com and P48422's Great-Great-Grandmother... :) 

Nutrition

Calories: 206kcalCarbohydrates: 26gProtein: 4gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.5gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.4gCholesterol: 25mgSodium: 637mgPotassium: 82mgFiber: 1gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 291IUVitamin C: 0.3mgCalcium: 151mgIron: 2mg
Keyword buttermilk, Buttermilk Biscuit, Flour
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