Buttermilk Biscuits - Southern
photo by diner524
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
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6-10
ingredients
- 1 3⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1⁄3 cup cake flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, 3/4 stick, cold and cut into 12 pieces
- 3⁄4 cup buttermilk
directions
- Preheat oven to 425°.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone mat.
- Whisk the flours, baking powder, baking soda, sugar and salt in a large mixing bowl.
- Drop in butter and using your fingers, toss to coat the pieces with flour and cut and rub the butter into the flour mixture until it is pebbly with different sized pieces from very small to pea-size.
- Pour the buttermilk over the dry ingredients and toss gently with a fork and turn the ingredients until you have a nice soft dough.
- In the bowl, give the dough 3- 4 kneads to bring the dough together.
- Lightly dust a work surface with flour and turn out the dough.
- Dust the top of the dough very lightly with flour and quickly pat the dough with your hands until it is about 1/2-inch high.
- Use a biscuit cutter to cut as many biscuits as you can.
- Re-roll remaining dough and cut more biscuits until dough is used up.
- Place biscuits on baking sheet.
- Bake the biscuits for 14- 18 minutes or until puffed and golden brown.
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Reviews
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Great biscuits! For years of I've only used shortening in biscuits; using butter of course gave great flavor but the texture was just a good. I made the recipe as written other than cutting it down to two servings. So good - will make these again and again! Made for Culinary Quest 2014 Cruisin' Culinary Queens.
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Amazing!!! We all loved these biscuits. They were so easy to make, too! My batch made 12 perfect biscuits. Almost all were eaten at dinner (by...ahem...3 people). I'm glad there are a few leftover for breakfast. Delish! Made for the International Agents of QUEST for the Culinary Quest US Southern region.
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Wow, these were really good! I haven't had biscuits that good since my friends mom made biscuits and gravy for us 20 years ago. Much better than the typical restaurant fare. I'll be making these again! I had to use milk lemon juice and a touch of vinegar instead of buttermilk, but they still turned out great. The combination of flours seemed to help give it that tender, fluffy texture I love. Even with substitute buttermilk, the butter came through with lots of flavor. I'll be making these again!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Mrs Goodall
United States