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Best buttermilk biscuits

ddc1953
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Southern living recipe

Best buttermilk biscuits

Southern living recipe

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Ingredients

25 mins
12 servings
  1. 1/2 cupbutter frozen
  2. 2 1/2 cupself rising flour
  3. 1 cupchilled buttermilk
  4. 1parchment paper
  5. 2 tbspbutter, melted

Cooking Instructions

25 mins
  1. 1

    Preheat oven 475.

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

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

  4. 4

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

  5. 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. 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. 7

    Place dough rounds on parchment lined pan with sides touching.

  8. 8

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

  9. 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.

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