Flaky Buttermilk Biscuits
Description
These flaky biscuits made with lots of butter and buttermilk may just be the best biscuits you'll ever have.
Ingredients
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4 cups Wheat flour, white, all-purpose, enriched, bleached
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4 teaspoons baking powder
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3 teaspoons white sugar
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1 teaspoon baking soda
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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1 cup cold salted butter, cubed
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1 1/2 cups buttermilk
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2 tablespoons buttermilk
Directions
1
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2
Whisk flour, baking powder, sugar, baking soda, and salt together in a large bowl. Cut butter in with a pastry blender or 2 knives until it resembles bread crumbs. Gently stir in 1 1/2 cups buttermilk.
3
Put biscuit dough onto a floured surface and sprinkle a bit of extra flour on top. Cut out 16 biscuits with a biscuit or cookie cutter and place on the prepared baking sheet. Brush tops with remaining buttermilk.
4
Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown on top, about 10 minutes.