Buttermilk Biscuits
Let’s be real. These southern style biscuits will beat store bought ones any day. The trick? Cold butter!
Buttermilk Biscuits
Yield: 8
Prep time: 10 MinCook time: 20 MinTotal time: 30 Min
If you're scared of making biscuits from scratch, don't be! These simple homemade Buttermilk Biscuits are flaky and tender. Slather them in butter or dunk them in a stew.
Ingredients
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450°F.
- In a large bowl, mix together the flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Add cold squares of butter into flour mixture and use a pastry cutter to break up the butter and combine dry ingredients until you reach a pebble-like mixture.
- Gently pour buttermilk over the mixture and stir with a wooden spoon until just combined. You want it to still be crumbly. Turn on to a lightly floured surface and gather the dough to press together in to about a ½ inch thick rectangle. Fold dough in half, turn once, and fold again.
- Shape dough into a 1 inch thick square. Use a serrated knife to carefully cut into 8 equal biscuits. (Likewise, you can use a cookie cutter if you prefer a more uniform look).
- Place on a parchment lined baking sheet, making sure there are a few inches in between each biscuit. Lightly brush tops with buttermilk.
- Bake until biscuits have risen and golden in colour. They should sound slightly hollow when you tap on the top of them to know when they are done, about 16 to 20 minutes.
- Cool on a rack or serve them straight for the oven with butter.
Notes
Use a serrated knife to cut these biscuits to encourage extra height and puffiness as it will allow more steam to escape from the biscuits while the cook, allowing them to expand as much as possible.