Buttermilk Drop Biscuits

Name: Buttermilk Drop Biscuits
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 20
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking powder; 59 milliliters butter, chilled and cut into pieces; 1 Tbsp butter, melted; 355 milliliters buttermilk; 59 milliliters shortening; 2 teaspoons sugar; 828 milliliters self-rising soft-wheat flour

Buttermilk Drop Biscuits requires around 20 minutes from start to finish. This vegetarian recipe serves 20. This hor d'oeuvre has 141 calories, 3g of protein, and 6g of fat per serving. A mixture of self-rising soft-wheat flour, butter, buttermilk, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. This recipe is typical of Southern cuisine.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 50

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Combine first 3 ingredients in a large bowl until well blended.

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Bowl

Cut in shortening and butter with a pastry blender or a fork until crumbly.

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Shortening

Butter

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Blender

Add buttermilk, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened.

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Buttermilk

Drop dough by 1/4 cupfuls onto an ungreased baking sheet.

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Dough

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Brush lightly with melted butter.

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Butter

Bake at 500 for 12 to 15 minutes or until golden.

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*Nonfat buttermilk may be substituted.

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Fat Free Buttermilk

Note: For testing purposes only, we used White Lily Self-Rising Flour.

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Self Rising Flour

Cheese-Chive Drop Biscuits: Stir 3/4 cup (3 oz.) shredded Cheddar cheese and 1/4 cup chopped fresh chives into crumbly flour mixture just before adding buttermilk. Increase buttermilk to 1 3/4 cups. Proceed with recipe as directed.

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Shredded Cheddar Cheese

Chives

Buttermilk

Biscuits

Cheese

All Purpose Flour

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Servings:

2teaspoons

baking powder 59milliliters

butter, chilled and cut into pieces 1Tbsp

butter, melted 355milliliters

buttermilk 59milliliters

shortening 2teaspoons

sugar 828milliliters

self-rising soft-wheat flour

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Southern can be paired 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 Schloss Vollrads Riesling Spatlese. Reviewers quite like it with a 4 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 29 dollars per bottle.