Fluffy Buttermilk Biscuits

Name: Fluffy Buttermilk 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; 118 milliliters self-rising soft wheat flour; 828 milliliters self-rising soft wheat flour

Fluffy Buttermilk Biscuits

Fluffy Buttermilk Biscuits might be just the side dish you are searching for. This recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains about 3g of protein, 6g of fat, and Head to the store and pick up sugar, buttermilk, self-rising wheat flour, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 20 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. This recipe is typical of Southern cuisine.

Instructions

Combine first 3 ingredients until well blended.

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

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Shortening

Butter

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Add buttermilk, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened.

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Buttermilk

Turn dough out onto a well-floured surface; sprinkle with 1/2 cup self-rising flour. Knead 20 to 25 times, adding up to 1/2 cup additional flour until dough is smooth and springy to touch.

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All Purpose Flour

Dough

Pat dough into a 3/4-inch-thick circle (about 8 1/2 inches round).

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Dough

Cut dough with a well-floured 2-inch round cutter, making 12 biscuits.

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Biscuits

Dough

Place on ungreased baking sheets. Knead remaining dough together 3 or 4 times; repeat procedure, making 6 more biscuits. Lightly brush tops with melted butter.

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Biscuits

Butter

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Baking Sheet

Bake at 500 for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden.

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

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Wheat Flour

Rosemary Biscuits: Stir 2 to 3 tsp. chopped fresh rosemary into dry ingredients. Proceed as directed.

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Rosemary

Biscuits

Parmesan-Pepper Biscuits: Stir 1/2 cup (2 oz.) grated Parmesan cheese and 2 tsp. coarsely ground pepper into dry ingredients. (Less flour will be required while kneading.) Proceed as directed.

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Pepper

Parmesan

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All Purpose Flour

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Ingredients

Servings:

2teaspoons

baking powder 59milliliters

butter, chilled and cut into pieces 1Tbsp

butter, melted 355milliliters

buttermilk 59milliliters

shortening 2teaspoons

sugar 118milliliters

self-rising soft wheat flour 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 Chateau Ste. Michelle Riesling. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.4 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 10 dollars per bottle.