EASY BUTTERMILK BISCUITS
These fluffy buttermilk biscuits are easy to make and taste delicious. They are perfect topped with honey, butter or jelly. These biscuits hold up well in a breakfast sandwich or topped with sausage gravy. Recipe yields 8 biscuits.
Ingredients
- 2½ cups flour all purpose, whole wheat
- 1 cup buttermilk see notes to make your own
- 8 tbsp butter unsalted, 1 stick
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450 with oven rack in the middle.
- Place 1 cup buttermilk in freezer, leave for 10 mins. Melt butter in microwave in 30 sec intervals, set aside.1 cup buttermilk, 8 tbsp butter
- In a large bowl sift 2 cups of flour, 1/2 tsp baking soda and 2 tsp baking powder. Add sugar and salt and whisk together.2½ cups flour, 1 tbsp sugar, 1/2 tsp baking soda, 2 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp salt
- When buttermilk has become very cold but not frozen (about 10 minutes), add to warm butter and stir to incorporate. This will be clumpy. Add to the dry ingredients and mix until it is well combined, and it pulls from sides of bowl.1 cup buttermilk, 8 tbsp butter
- Lightly dust work surface with flour (2 tbsp) and dump dough onto it. Knead dough 10 times and then form into a square. Use a rolling pin covered in flour to roll dough out but leave it about 1 inch thick. Add additional flour to keep dough from sticking to rolling pin or work surface.
- Cut into any shape/size biscuit you like and then knead the remaining dough to cut more. Yields 8 biscuits.
- Bake in 450 degree oven for 15-20 mins.
Notes
Can be made with all-purpose flour or whole wheat.
2% buttermilk was used but whole buttermilk can be substituted.
To make your own buttermilk, add 1 tbsp lemon juice or vinegar to a liquid measuring cup and add milk (2%, whole or vegan) to equal 1 cup. Stir. Let sit for 10 mins. The acid will curdle the milk slightly, which is what we want.
Cream of tartar can also be used to make buttermilk. Add 1 3/4 tsp cream of tartar to dry ingredients and use regular milk in recipe.