"go To" Southern Buttermilk Biscuits

Name: "go To" Southern Buttermilk Biscuits
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 12 Biscuits, 12 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour (preferably White Lily); 3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder; 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt; 1 cup buttermilk (or 1tbsp white vinegar in 1c sweet milk); 3 tablespoons butter (Cold, Unsalted); 5 tablespoons shortening (Preferably Butter Flavored); 2 tablespoons butter (Melted, for brushing)

Submitted by Chef #1346648

"After toying with several biscuit recipes, this is the closest to what I grew up with in Nashville. Not quite Miss Carol's, but they're good!"

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Ready In:: 25mins
Ingredients:: 7
Yields:: 12 Biscuits
Serves:: 12

ingredients

2 ¹⁄₄ cups all-purpose flour (preferably White Lily)
3 ¹⁄₂ teaspoons baking powder
1 ¹⁄₂ teaspoons kosher salt
1 cup buttermilk (or 1tbsp white vinegar in 1c sweet milk)
3 tablespoons butter (Cold, Unsalted)
5 tablespoons shortening (Preferably Butter Flavored)
2 tablespoons butter (Melted, for brushing)

directions

Preheat Oven to 450* Farenheit.
While oven is warming, mix flour with baking powder and salt. Then, cut cold ingredients (butter, shortening) into dry mixture with a pastry blender or two knives until no particles larger than pebbles are present; refrigerate mixture until the oven reaches temperature.
Mix in buttermilk until mixture just comes together as a sticky dough; how much you use will depend on the day's humidity.
Knead on a well floured surface by patting dough out into a sheet, then folding in half and in half again. Repeat 4 times.
Using a biscuit cutter or a drinking glass, cut rounds that are about 3" in diameter.
Place on a cookie sheet lined with aluminum foil (no grease needed) so that sides are touching.
Bake for 14-16 minutes, until tops are golden brown.
If desired, brush with melted butter before serving.
Serve plain with butter, or with honey/jelly/jam/apple butter, or use to make breakfast sandwiches with bacon/sausage/egg/cheese or any combination thereof.