Best buttermilk biscuits

Name: Best buttermilk biscuits
Total time: 1500 s
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter frozen; 2 1/2 cup self rising flour; 1 cup chilled buttermilk; 1 parchment paper; 2 tbsp butter, melted

ddc1953 @cook_3244265

Southern living recipe

ddc1953 @cook_3244265

Southern living recipe

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Ingredients

25 mins

12 servings

1/2 cupbutter frozen
2 1/2 cupself rising flour
1 cupchilled buttermilk
1parchment paper
2 tbspbutter, melted

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Steps

25 mins

1

Preheat oven 475.
2

Grate frozen butter in large holes of box grater. Toss together flour and butter. Chill 10 minutes.
3

Add buttermilk into well in center of mixture. Stir 15 times. Dough will be sticky.
4

Turn dough onto lightly floured surface. Sprinkle flour on top of dough.
5

Using lightly floured rolling pin, roll into 3/4 inch thick rectangle about 9x5 inches. Fold dough in half. Repeat folding and rolling process 4 more times to make flaky layers.
6

Roll dough 1/2 inch thick. Cut with 2 1/2 inch cutter straight down ( no twisting). Reshape scraps and flour as needed.
7

Place dough rounds on parchment lined pan with sides touching.
8

Bake at 475 for 15 minutes and brush with melted butter.
9

Alternate for crunchy bottoms: warm a cast iron pan in oven, spread tbsp of butter in pan, add biscuits and bake as in previous step.