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Southern-Style Buttermilk Biscuits

A soft, flaky, butter biscuit like Mom used to make.  Great for breakfast with butter and jam, smothered in sausage gravy or eaten like bread with any meal.

Cuisine American
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Author Bruce Heck

Ingredients

  • 4 cups all-purpose flour plus more for dusting
  • 4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 2 sticks unsalted butter 220gm, cold, cut into small pieces
  • 1 3/4 cups buttermilk

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees (190 C). In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar. Using a pastry blender, cut in the butter (make sure its cold!) until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs with a few large clumps remaining.

  2. Pour in the buttermilk and using a rubber spatula, fold the buttermilk into the dough, working in all directions and incorporating crumbs at the bottom of the bowl, until the dough just comes together. The dough will be slightly sticky; do not overmix.

  3. Turn out the dough onto a lightly floured work surface. With floured fingers, gently pat the dough into a round about 1 inch thick, pressing in any loose bits. Do not overwork the dough. Use a floured 2 1/4-inch round biscuit cutter to cut out the biscuits as close together as possible. (Use one cut edge as the edge for the next biscuit.)

  4. Place the biscuits about 1 1/2 inches apart on an unlined baking sheet. Generously brush the tops of biscuits with buttermilk. Bake, rotating sheet halfway through, until the biscuits are golden and flecked with brown spots, 18 to 20 minutes. Transfer biscuits to a wire rack to cool.