Buttermilk Biscuit

Name: Buttermilk Biscuit
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 4 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 12 servings Buttermilk Biscuit Variations, recipes follow; 237 milliliters buttermilk; 710 milliliters flour; 2 teaspoons salt; 3 Tbsps sugar; 177 milliliters (1 1/2 sticks) cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces or grated

You can never have too many side dish recipes, so give Buttermilk Biscuit a try. One serving contains 244 calories, 4g of protein, and 13g of fat. This recipe serves 12. If you have butter, buttermilk, salt, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 25 minutes. This recipe is typical of Southern cuisine.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

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Whisk the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and baking soda in a large mixing bowl.

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Baking Soda

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

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Whisk

Using a food processor, pastry cutter, or your fingertips incorporate 3/4 cup chilled butter into the dry ingredients until the mixture resembles coarse meal.

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Butter

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Add the buttermilk and stir just until moistened. Using 1/2 cup dough for each biscuit, drop biscuits onto the prepared baking sheet, spacing mounds about 2-inches apart.

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Buttermilk

Biscuits

Mounds Bar

Dough

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Baking Sheet

Bake the biscuits until they are golden brown on top, about 15 to 20 minutes or until a tester comes out clean.

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Biscuits

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Oven

Serve the biscuits warm.

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Biscuits

Add 7 slices of cooked and chopped bacon, 1 1/2 cups Cheddar cheese, and 1/4 cup chives to mixture after cutting in the butter.

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Butter

Chives

Bacon

Serve with melted butter.

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Butter

Combine 6 cups blueberries, 2/3 cup sugar, and 2 tablespoons water in large saucepan. Stir the mixture until softened and syrup coats spoon. Cover and chill.

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Syrup

Water

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Add 1 tablepsoon grated lemon zest and 2 teaspoons chopped thyme leaves to the dry ingredients.

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Thyme

Lemon Zest

Serve the lemon-thyme biscuits sliced horizontally with sweetened blueberries served alongside.

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Add an additional 2 tablespoons sugar to the dry ingredients.

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Sugar

Brush the tops of the drop biscuits with heavy cream and top with turbinado sugar.

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Heavy Cream

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Serve with 2 pounds sweetened strawberries and fresh whipped cream.

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Servings:

4teaspoons

baking powder 1teaspoon

baking soda 12servings

Buttermilk Biscuit Variations, recipes follow 237milliliters

buttermilk 710milliliters

flour 2teaspoons

salt 3Tbsps

sugar 177milliliters

(1 1/2 sticks) cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces or grated

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Southern on the menu? Try pairing with Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. You could try Bully Hill Vineyards Dry Riesling. Reviewers quite like it with a 5 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 14 dollars per bottle.