Buttermilk Biscuits

Name: Buttermilk Biscuits
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking powder; 0 teaspoons baking soda; 2 Tbsps buttermilk for brushing; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon salt; 7 Tbsps unsalted butter, chilled in freezer and cut into thin slices

Buttermilk Biscuits is a vegetarian recipe with 12 servings. One serving contains 137 calories, 2g of protein, and 7g of fat. This recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe is typical of Southern cuisine. It works best as a side dish, and is done in approximately 35 minutes. If you have salt, flour, buttermilk, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).

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Line a baking sheet with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper.

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Whisk flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda together in a large bowl.

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Baking Soda

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Whisk

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Cut butter into flour mixture with a pastry blender until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs, about 5 minutes.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

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Make a well in the center of butter and flour mixture.

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Butter

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Pour in 3/4 cup buttermilk; stir until just combined.

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Buttermilk

Turn dough onto a floured work surface, pat together into a rectangle.

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Dough

Fold the rectangle in thirds. Turn dough a half turn, gather any crumbs, and flatten back into a rectangle. Repeat twice more, folding and pressing dough a total of three times.

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Roll dough on a floured surface to about 1/2 inch thick.

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Roll

Cut out 12 biscuits using a 2 1/2-inch round biscuit cutter.

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Biscuits

Transfer biscuits to the prepared baking sheet. Press an indent into the top of each biscuit with your thumb.

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Biscuits

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Brush the tops of biscuits with 2 tablespoons buttermilk.

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Bake in the preheated oven until browned, about 15 minutes.

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Servings:

2teaspoons

baking powder 0teaspoons

baking soda 2Tbsps

buttermilk for brushing 473milliliters

all-purpose flour 1teaspoon

salt 7Tbsps

unsalted butter, chilled in freezer and cut into thin slices

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Southern works really well 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 Clean Slate Riesling. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.3 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 13 dollars per bottle.

Clean Slate Riesling

Clean Slate has a clean, crisp taste profile with pure fruit flavors complimented by lively acidity, which is the trademark of Rieslings from Mosel-Saar-Ruwer. This appealing balance of fruit and crispness works well with a wide array of cuisines, making Clean Slate an exceptionally good match with food.