Photo: Buttermilk Biscuits Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 cup vegetable shortening, cold, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 1 1/2 to 2 cups buttermilk, plus additional for brushing
Directions
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
Sift together the flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Cut in the shortening using a pastry blender or your hands or a stand mixer fixed with a dough hook until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Make a well in the center and add 1 cup buttermilk. Using your hands, quickly fold the dry ingredients into the buttermilk until a sticky dough forms. You may need to add more buttermilk.
Turn the dough out onto a floured surface. Gently fold the dough over itself 3 or 4 times to create layers. Press the dough out to 1 1/2-inches thick and cut with a floured 3-inch biscuit cutter. Lay the biscuits on an ungreased cookie sheet and brush the tops with buttermilk. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes until risen and golden brown.
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By Chef Louisa
East Coast
on October 23, 2011
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Delicious! Easy to make! Next I'll be making the Food Netowork's Welsh Cookies to use more of the quart of buttermilk.
By FyeTsukishiro
Mexico
on October 08, 2011
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The first time I made biscuits I decided to use this recipe, my family LOVED them so soft and light as air, they gave me a lot of compliments, even said my biscuits were by far better than the biscuits we eat in a famous restaurant in my city. Tyler you did it again!!!
By drenic
on September 28, 2011
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My family LOVED these. I halved the recipe since I didn't need that many and was still able to make about 10 biscuits. I didn't have buttermilk so I made some, and I didn't have shortening, so I used butter. I forgot to baste them while in the oven, but they turned out really well. My mother-in-law asked me for the recipe and my husband said they were some of the best. When I halved the recipe, I think I added 1 cup of buttermilk still and it worked out just fine. They reheat really well too, just wrap a papertowel around them before nuking in the microwave.
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