southern buttermilk biscuits
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My son made these for me and got the recipe from a friend. These are outrageously good
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yield
10 serving(s)
prep time
10 Min
cook time
10 Min
method
Bake
Ingredients For southern buttermilk biscuits
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2 cunbleached flour (white lily if possible)
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1/4 tspbaking soda
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1 Tbspbaking powder
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1 tspsalt
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6 Tbspunsalted butter cold
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1 cbuttermilk
How To Make southern buttermilk biscuits
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1Preheat your oven to 450°F.
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2Combine the dry ingredients in a bowl, or in the bowl of a food processor
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3Cut the butter into chunks and cut into the flour until it resembles course meal.
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4If using a food processor, just pulse a few times until this consistency is achieved.
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5Add the buttermilk and mix JUST until combined.
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6If it appears on the dry side, add a bit more buttermilk. It should be very wet.
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7Turn the dough out onto a floured board.
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8Gently, gently PAT (do NOT roll with a rolling pin) the dough out until it's about 1/2" thick. Fold the dough about 5 times, gently press the dough down to a 1 inch thick.
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9Use a round cutter to cut into rounds.
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10You can gently knead the scraps together and make a few more, but they will not be anywhere near as good as the first ones.
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11Place the biscuits on a cookie sheet- if you like soft sides, put them touching each other.
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12If you like"crusty" sides, put them about 1 inch apart- these will not rise as high as the biscuits put close together. Brush the tops with melted butter and honey.
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13Bake for about 10-12 minutes- the biscuits will be a beautiful light golden brown on top and bottom. Do not overbake.
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14Note: The key to real biscuits is not in the ingredients, but in the handling of the dough. The dough must be handled as little as possible or you will have tough biscuits. I have found that a food processor produces superior biscuits, because the ingredients stay colder and there's less chance of overmixing. You also must pat the dough out with your hands, lightly. Rolling with a rolling pin is a guaranteed way to overstimulate the gluten, resulting in a tougher biscuit. Note 2: You can make these biscuits, cut them, put them on cookie sheets and freeze them for up to a month. 21When you want fresh biscuits, simply place them frozen on the cookie sheet and bake at 450°F for about 20 minutes.
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