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Buttermilk Biscuits
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Serves: 12-15
 
Ingredients
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour (Sifted)
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 stick unsalted butter, chilled in freezer and cut into cubes
  • ¾ cup cold buttermilk
  • 2 tablespoons melted butter for brushing
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
  2. Whisk flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda together in a large bowl.
  3. Cut butter into flour mixture with a mixer or by hand until the mixture looks coarse
  4. Make a well in the center of butter and flour mixture. Pour in ¾ cup buttermilk; stir until just combined. Click here to see how to make buttermilk if you do not have any.
  5. Turn dough onto a floured work surface, pat together into a rectangle.
  6. Fold the rectangle in thirds. Turn dough a half turn, gather any crumbs, and flatten back into a rectangle. Repeat twice more, folding and pressing dough a total of three times.
  7. Roll dough on a floured surface to about ½ inch thick.
  8. Cut out 12 biscuits using a 2½-inch round biscuit cutter or a glass.
  9. (You can also just cut into 2½ by 2½ inch squares, less waist this way)
  10. Transfer biscuits to the prepared baking sheet.
  11. Brush the tops of biscuits with 2 tablespoons of melted butter.
  12. Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 15 minutes.