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biscuit recipe

Tender, flaky homemade buttermilk biscuit recipe with crisp golden tops and soft, buttery layers — made from scratch with simple ingredients. This no-fail recipe gives you bakery-style biscuits perfect for breakfast, brunch, or dinner.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Chill Butter Time 10 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings: 12 biscuits
Course: Breakfast, Brunch, Side Dish
Cuisine: Southern American
Calories: 230
Ingredients Equipment Method Nutrition Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 2 ½ cups All-purpose flour - plus extra for dusting
  • 1 tablespoon Baking powder -
  • 1 teaspoon Salt -
  • 1 tablespoon Sugar - optional for light sweetness
  • ½ cup Cold butter - cubed and frozen 10 min
  • 1 cup Buttermilk - cold
  • Extra butter - melted for brushing tops
  • optional ½ cup Shredded cheddar - for cheddar herb version
  • optional 1 tbsp Fresh herbs - chopped, for flavor variation

Equipment

  • 1 Large mixing bowl (For combining dry ingredients)
  • 1 Pastry cutter or fork (To cut butter into flour)
  • 1 Rolling Pin (For shaping dough)
  • 1 2-inch biscuit cutter (To cut clean biscuit rounds)
  • 1 Baking Sheet (Lined with parchment paper)
  • 1 Pastry Brush (For brushing butter on tops )

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 450°F (232°C) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  2. Cut cold butter into small cubes and freeze for 10 minutes while preparing dry ingredients.
  3. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar.—
  4. Cut butter into flour mixture until it looks like coarse peas.
  5. Make a well in the center; pour in all the buttermilk at once and stir until a shaggy dough forms.

Nutrition

Serving: 70gCalories: 230kcalCarbohydrates: 26gProtein: 4gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 17gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.5gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 8gCholesterol: 30mgSodium: 300mgPotassium: 120mgFiber: 1gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 350IUCalcium: 95mgIron: 1.5mg

Notes

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