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Buttermilk Biscuits

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These buttery, flaky biscuits are quick and easy to make! Mix them easily by hand! They bake up so fluffy and taste amazing hot out of the oven!

Ingredients

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  • 3 cups (360g) all purpose flour
  • 2 Tablespoons (25g) sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon & 1 teaspoon (16g) baking powder
  • 1 & 1/2 teaspoon (9g) salt
  • 3/4 cup (170g) unsalted butter, cubed and chilled
  • 1 cup (227g) buttermilk*

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 450°F.
  2. In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
  3. Add the cubed butter and cut into the flour mixture with a pastry blender or with the backs of two forks until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
  4. Add the buttermilk and stir just until the liquid is absorbed and it forms a soft dough. 
  5. Turn the dough out onto the counter and work all the dry bits into the dough with your hands until it becomes one cohesive ball of dough. Try to handle as little as possible. 
  6. Flour the counter and roll dough out to about 1 inch thickness. 
  7. Cut with a round biscuit cutter – do not twist (this will inhibit the rise of the biscuit). Re roll the scraps and cut out more biscuits until all the dough is used up. *To save time, cut into squares with a knife. 
  8. Place an inch apart on a baking sheet either lined with parchment or sprayed with nonstick spray.
  9. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until the edges are slightly golden.
  10. Serve warm.

Notes

*This recipe was updated February 2022. The previous recipe instructed you to use frozen butter and to fold the dough in thirds when rolling out. I have since updated the butter to using chilled butter and no longer folding the biscuit dough – simplifying the process to make it even easier!

  • Add mix ins for different variations…like shredded cheese, jalapeño or green chiles. Mix them in when you turn the dough out of the bowl and work them into the dough. Get creative with your mix ins!
  • *Substitute buttermilk by using 2% milk mixed with 1 Tablespoon vinegar.
  • Bread flour works great in this recipe too. Use same measurements. 

Find it online: https://thatbreadlady.com/buttermilk-biscuits/