flaky buttermilk biscuits
Happy November! We’ve had a huge cool down in the weather in the last few days, and it is totally getting me in the mood for fall (and especially yummy fall foods). I loooove soups and could eat them for dinner every night in the fall, and these flaky buttermilk biscuits are pretty much the best ever side for soup. I’ve made them more times than I can count now, and every time they disappear within a few minutes. The kids love them, and we’re pretty obsessed with them too! I served these with some butternut squash soup (recipe coming soon) and fresh homemade peach jam. They are pretty much just biscuit perfection!
Flaky Buttermilk Biscuits
2 cups flour
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter, cut into pieces
3/4 cup buttermilkPreheat the oven to 450. Line a baking sheet with parchment or spray with cooking spray. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add the butter and cut in using a pastry cutter or two knives, until the butter is about pea-sized and smaller. Add the buttermilk and mix until just combined. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and pat into a rectangle that is about 6 x 9 inches. Fold each side of the dough over the middle (like you’re folding a letter) and pat out again to about 6 x 9 inches. Cut biscuits out of the dough using desired size of biscuit cutter (I usually use a 2 inch cutter). Place on prepared baking sheet and bake 10-12 minutes, or until golden brown. Serve warm and enjoy!
These look fantastic. I can't wait to make them.
What is the yield?
It depends on how big you cut them. I usually get 10-12 good sized biscuits.
Just made these…excellent recipe!!
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These biscuits are fantastic! Thanks for sharing
I love this recipe. I look my biscuits sweet so I use 3 tablespoons of sugar instead of 1
I am not much of a baker but am giving it a try. My question is"flour" does the recipe call for bread flour, self-rising or all -purpose? Thank you 🙂
All of my recipes are all purpose flour unless otherwise specified.
Well, mine didn't turn out layered like the picture but they taste FANTASTIC! Definitely going to use this recipe again.
This is the best recipe for biscuits that I have found. I also used this same recipe to make monkey bread for christmas I just rolled the dough up into balls and covered them in cinnamon sugar. Added butter and brown sugar to bundt cake pan and it came out amazing.
Do you use salted or unsalted butter for these?
I use unsalted butter & they tasted great! I just ate these as biscuits & gravy..yum!
Note: I used a cup of Buttermilk because 3/4 cup wasn't enough
Awesome! I didn't have butter milk, only fat free, so what I did was 1 cup milk and about 1.5 tbsp (could've been 1 or 2 tbsp. It was about 1/2 a lemon) and let that sit for 5 min. I threw in about another 1/4 to 1/2 cup flour. I improvise a lot lol but these were SO daggone delish!! Flaky JUST like the photo and it had a little crunch on he outside but soft & yummy in the center. This is a keeper for sure. Thank you 😀 Happy family here 🙂
To make sure they're FLAKEY don't forget to fold them in 1/2 about 8 times…..those are the layers to the 'flakey' biscuits! ENJOY!
They turned out better than perfect! The only thing I did different. I put my butter in the freezer for about an hour. Then cut it into pea sized chunks and used my very clean hands to incorporate. I hate using pastry cutter or knives.
Whipped these up for dinner to go with a pot of chicken soup. Delicious!
Use a grater to grate the frozen butter on the large grate setting before incorporating with flour mixture and therefore the butter never has a chance to feel the warmth of your hands.
I LOVE these, this has become my standard biscuit recipe. Have you ever tried freezing them? We are going camping in a couple weeks and I would love to have these with breakfast. Any tips??
Thanks!
Can these be frozen and baked later?
I haven't tried it, but I would assume that it would work.
Hey Alicia, thanks for this recipe! Could you supply the weights? I had some trouble with the dough holding together.
Hahah, @marlene, I lol'd. Best comment.