A quick and easy recipe for the best homemade buttermilk biscuits ever!
- 2 ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
- ¾ cup very cold, unsalted butter, cut into small cubes
- ¾ cup buttermilk
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Preheat the oven to 450° and have ready a baking sheet lined with either parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
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In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
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Add the cubed butter and stir. Using a pastry blender, cut the butter into the flour mixture until it resembles small broken up peas. Add the buttermilk and stir until evenly distributed throughout the batter.
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Very gently, knead the dough, just until it comes together in a ball. Transfer to a lightly flour floured work surface and pat into a rectangle.
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Fold the sides of the dough over and onto itself, just as if you were folding a piece of paper to place in an envelope. Pat out into a rectangle once more and cut into 10 square biscuits. Alternatively, you could use a round biscuit butter.
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Place on the prepared baking sheet and bake for 10-13 minutes, just until the tops are golden. Serve and enjoy.
Makes 10 biscuits.
Do NOT substitute salted butter for the unsalted butter called for in this recipe.