Description
Delightful butter buttermilk biscuits bring Southern comfort straight to your kitchen with golden, flaky layers that melt in your mouth. Warm, tender, and irresistibly rich, these biscuits invite you to savor a slice of homemade happiness.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, cold and cut into small pieces
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
Leavening and Seasoning:
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to a scorching 450F (230C), ensuring an optimal baking environment for golden, flaky biscuits.
- In a spacious mixing vessel, thoroughly combine flour, baking powder, and salt using a whisk, creating a uniform dry foundation.
- Integrate cold butter into the flour mixture, using fingertips or a pastry cutter to break down the fat until the texture resembles coarse, sandy granules.
- Create a central crater in the flour mixture and carefully pour in buttermilk, stirring minimally until the dough just begins to coalesce.
- Transfer the shaggy dough onto a lightly dusted work surface, gently kneading a few times to encourage cohesion without overworking.
- Flatten the dough into a uniform rectangle approximately 1-inch thick, using gentle, even pressure.
- Utilize a sharp biscuit cutter to precisely stamp out rounds, placing each on a prepared baking sheet with slight separation.
- Reassemble remaining dough scraps, carefully re-rolling and cutting additional biscuits to minimize waste.
- Slide the baking sheet into the preheated oven, allowing biscuits to transform into golden-brown delicacies in 12-15 minutes.
- Remove from oven and serve immediately while warm, celebrating the crisp exterior and tender interior.
Notes
- Chill butter thoroughly before cutting into flour for flakier, more tender biscuits.
- Use cold buttermilk and handle dough minimally to prevent tough, dense texture.
- Avoid twisting biscuit cutter when cutting shapes, as this can seal edges and prevent proper rising.
- Brush tops with melted butter immediately after baking for extra golden, rich flavor and shine.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 8
- Calories: 198 kcal
- Sugar: 1 g
- Sodium: 419 mg
- Fat: 11 g
- Saturated Fat: 7 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0.3 g
- Carbohydrates: 22 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg