Buttermilk Biscuits

Name: Buttermilk Biscuits
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 4½ cups All-purpose flour; 1½ tablespoons Sugar; 2 tablespoons Baking powder; 1½ teaspoons Table salt; 1½ teaspoons Baking soda; 18 tablespoons Chilled unsalted butter, cut into small chunks; 1½ cups Buttermilk

Recipe GLPR6f2a54db977383

Bread

45 min

262 cal

Servings: 10

Oven

SNAP eligible

Fluffy, tender buttermilk biscuits with a golden, flaky exterior. These classic Southern biscuits are perfect alongside any meal. The combination of cold butter, buttermilk, and the right ratio of leavening agents creates light, layered biscuits that practically melt in your mouth.

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Ingredients

4½ cups All-purpose flour

1½ tablespoons Sugar

2 tablespoons Baking powder

1½ teaspoons Table salt

1½ teaspoons Baking soda

18 tablespoons Chilled unsalted butter, cut into small chunks

1½ cups Buttermilk

Directions

Preheat your oven to 400°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and baking soda until well combined. Add the chilled butter pieces and use your fingertips or a pastry blender to work the butter into the dry mixture until it resembles coarse meal with some pea-sized pieces of butter remaining.
Pour in the buttermilk and stir gently with a fork until large, shaggy clumps form. Do not overmix. Using your hands, reach into the bowl and knead the mixture briefly, just until it comes together as a slightly cohesive dough.
Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured counter. Pat the dough gently into a flat round about 1/2 to 3/4 inch thick. Using a 2-inch round cutter for standard biscuits or a 3-inch cutter for large biscuits, press straight down (do not twist, as twisting prevents even rising and layering). Transfer the cut rounds to the prepared baking sheet, spacing them about 2 inches apart.
Place the baking sheet in the preheated oven and bake for 12 to 15 minutes, until the biscuit tops are golden brown. Remove from the oven, let cool for a few minutes, and serve warm. Any unbaked biscuit rounds can be frozen for later; add about 3 minutes to the baking time when baking from frozen.

Comments

Grocery List Plus Editorial Staff4.5

Every ingredient is a staple at any Charlotte grocery chain, and the cost per serving lands around 50 cents with butter driving most of that. The stated 45 minutes is honest for a first-timer who's chilling dough, though practiced hands finish in 30. This is a straightforward make-ahead that reheats well in a 300-degree oven, holds for days, and feeds a crowd without fussiness—a genuine Southern staple that local readers will bake repeatedly.