Amazingly flaky and buttery, buttermilk biscuits are a great compliment to any meal. They take less than 30 minutes to prepare and go well with both breakfast and dinner!
BUTTERMILK BISCUITS
I want to eat buttermilk biscuits for a meal on their own since they are so incredibly soft on the inside and have a golden brown, slightly crunchy top. The tantalizing smell of biscuits baking in the oven suggests “comfort food” and “dinner is ready”! Additionally, they are a very typical feature in a lot of southern homes, to the point that people are rather proud of them. You’ll be shocked at how easy it is to make buttermilk biscuits with restaurant quality in your home oven with this recipe.
The wonderful thing about southern buttermilk biscuits is that they go well with a good stew, like Ultimate Slow Cooker Beef Stew or Slow Cooker Pot Roast Beef Stroganoff, and can be made for breakfast or even dinner. Alternatively, you may serve them simply with butter; after all, a buttered biscuit is always a good choice, no matter the time of day.
Just a few items are needed to make these: all-purpose flour, baking powder, soda, creamy buttermilk, and a teaspoon of salt. These items are undoubtedly already in your cupboard, and putting them together simply takes a few minutes. The secret is to combine your dough and mix your dry ingredients in a food processor, which will drastically reduce the amount of prep time you need. The majority of your job will be in rolling them out, which is a skill that can be learned easily.
HOW DO YOU MAKE FLAKY BISCUITS FROM SCRATCH
To prepare restaurant-quality dough for this buttermilk biscuit recipe, there are three key techniques.
- Once the biscuit dough is rolled out, fold it in three directions to create three layers, and then gently roll it out once more. Go through this process twice more. As a result, the dough will have layers that will cause the biscuits to rise and becoming incredibly flaky. If it gets too sticky, you may sprinkle each layer with extra all-purpose flour.
- Make sure not to twist the biscuit cutter when cutting the biscuits by pushing it down in a single motion. By not closing the edges of the dough layers, you can stop the dough from rising.
- Any biscuit recipe that calls for cold butter can help produce a tall, flaky texture. Since biscuits are categorized as “quick bread” since they don’t utilize yeast, they require assistance rising in the oven. Steam produced by cold butter helps lift the dough while it cooks.
WAYS TO AVOID BURNING THE BUTTERMILK BISCUITS BOTTOMS?
- Your cookie sheet may be too close to the oven’s heating element if the bottoms of your biscuits are burning. To prevent scorching the bottom of the bread, try shifting the biscuits to a higher rack.
- If that doesn’t solve the problem, your pan’s quality may be the issue. If you want to improve the heat conductivity, you may try double the cookie sheet.
- If you believe you have high-quality cookware and are experiencing problems, consider using a silpat to assist distribute the heat away from the biscuits’ bottoms.
SHORTENING BUTTERMILK BISCUITS: HOW DO YOU DO IT?
In this biscuit recipe, shortening can be used in equal parts place of butter. As with butter, place the shortening in the refrigerator. When preparing biscuit dough, it’s generally recommended to use cooler ingredients—that is, buttermilk and dry ingredients—than warmer ones. If you replace butter with shortening in your dough, you may get more crumbs, but your biscuits should also bake up flakier.
HOW TO USE FROZEN BUTTERMILK TO MAKE BISCUITS
- Place the unbaked, frozen biscuits on a cookie sheet and drizzle with milk or buttermilk.
- Preheat the oven to 475 degrees, cook the biscuits for 8 minutes, and then turn off the oven.
- Before taking out, let it remain in the closed oven for five minutes.
- If the biscuits are not browned when viewed through the window, return them to the oven and let them remain for a further two to three minutes.
WHAT CAN I USE IN PLACE OF BUTTERMILK?
You may replace buttermilk with a cup of milk and one tablespoon of lemon juice if you run out. Some of the acid that is naturally present in buttermilk is replaced by the acid from the lemon juice. Generally, you may use this substitution in place of cream or buttermilk in any biscuit recipe.
Before adding it to the dough, stir everything together and attempt to let it settle for a few minutes. This may be done ahead of time, and your buttermilk substitute will be ready by the time you cut the butter into the dough. If you don’t have lemon juice, vinegar can also simulate the acidity of buttermilk.
TIPS FOR MAKING BUTTERMILK BISCUITS
- Let the flour cool for a minimum of half an hour before preparing the biscuits.
- Unsalted butter works well in this recipe. In order to regulate the amount of salt used in the recipe, we are adding it separately.
- Take care not to overwork the biscuits as this might result in an overly thick texture. Once the flour and butter are just combined, you should stop.
- Your biscuits should be placed with their sides barely touching on the cookie sheet. They will support one another as they ascend, growing higher and flakier in the process.
- Should you be without a biscuit cutter, a drinking glass gently sprinkled with flour might be utilized. However, the biscuit cutter is superior due to its sharper edge, which aids in the biscuits’ rising.
- Before adding baking powder and baking soda to the flour, measure your leavening ingredients carefully. Since this is a quick bread recipe, as we’ve already mentioned, there is no yeast needed to make them rise. Here is additional information about leavening agents.
- Don’t forget to brush the biscuits’ tops with buttermilk at the end to give them a lovely golden brown hue! For this stage, you can use melted butter, milk, or buttermilk.
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Buttermilk Biscuits
Ingredients
- 2 1/8 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter cubed even better if frozen
- 3/4 cup cold buttermilk plus a bit more for brushing
Instructions
- Put parchment paper on your baking sheet and preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
- In a food processor, add the dry ingredients and pulse two or three times to incorporate.
- Pulse to blend the butter and buttermilk after adding them.
- Roll out the ingredients to a thickness of ½ inch after patting it into a ball on a floured surface.
- To create three layers, fold the dough over on one side, then the other. Gently unfold it, fold it in three directions, and then gently roll it one more. Once again, fold and roll it out.
- Score and stamp ten biscuits with a 3-inch cutter.
- Spoon the biscuits onto a baking sheet, drizzle with the leftover buttermilk, and bake for fifteen to seventeen minutes.