Description
These delicious, homemade buttermilk biscuits have flaky layers that melt in your mouth.
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Ingredients
- 3 cups self-rising flour
- 2 tsp sugar
- 1.5 tsp salt
- 1.5 sticks cold butter
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
- 1 egg
- 1–3 tsp ice water
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, combine four, salt, and sugar.
- Cut the butter into small cubes, or grate with a cheese grater.
- Work butter into the flour mixture.
- In another bowl, whisk an egg and add buttermilk.
- Add buttermilk and egg mixture to the dough. Don’t overwork.
- Add ice water 1 tsp at a time until it comes together.
- Turn the dough out onto a floured work surface. Roll out into a rectangle.
- Do 2 business letter folds OR cut into 3 equal sections and stack the dough.
- Roll out the dough one more time, not too thin!
- Cut biscuits out using a biscuit cutter or a mason jar ring.
- Butter a cast-iron skillet and put biscuit rounds in the skillet. Make sure they’re touching as this helps them rise.
- If time permits, put the cast iron skillet with the biscuit rounds in the fridge or freezer for at least 15 minutes.
- Brush the tops of the biscuit rounds with buttermilk.
- Bake at 425°F for 15-20 minutes.
Notes
- These can be easily frozen before baking, and still come out delicious.
- Self-rising flour is the way to go. If you need to use all-purpose flour, add a dash of baking powder.
- For ultimate flakiness: cold butter and letter folds/cutting and stacking your dough before doing the final rollout.
- Stick the butter in the freezer 20 minutes beforehand. When it melts in the oven, it helps create flaky, delicious layers. Do everything you can to not let your butter warm up too much.
- When cutting out your biscuits, don’t twist! This makes it harder for them to rise. Just push straight down in one swift motion and pull back up.
- You don’t have to bake these in a cast-iron skillet. A cookie sheet will do just fine, but they taste better from the cast iron if you ask me.
- Category: from scratch
Keywords: homemade, from scratch, buttermilk, biscuit, breakfast