Buttermilk Biscuits

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, divided
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 8 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, divided
• 3/4 cup buttermilk

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 450f and grease a baking sheet.
• 2 sift 1 1/2 cups of the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into a bowl. add 7 tablespoons butter, working with your fingers, until the mixture has no lumps.
• 3 stir in the buttermilk and let the mixture stand for a few minutes.
• 4 sprinkle the remaining 1/4 cup flour on a board or waxed paper. dip your hands into the flour, then scoop up the wet dough, adding only enough flour to make it manageable. pat the dough into a rectangle about ½-inch thick on the floured surface. dip a 2-inch glass or a cookie cutter into the flour and then into the dough, cutting the circles and placing them on the baking sheet, 1 inch apart. repeat with the remaining dough, molding any scraps into circles. prick the tops of biscuits with the tines of a fork.
• 5 melt remaining 1 tablespoon of butter in a small saucepan or the microwave and brush biscuits with the melted butter. bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until golden.