What ever else is on your plate with a couple of buttermilk biscuits sitting up on the corner, you know it's going to be good.
Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 12 minutesminutes
Total Time 22 minutesminutes
Servings 12
Author www.sanpasqualskitchen.com
Ingredients
Makes 12 biscuits
2cupsall-purpose flourMama Smith would probably be using While Lily self-rising flour and omitting the following 3 ingredients
2tspbaking powder
½tspbaking soda
1tspsalt
4tbspof cold butterMama Smith would have used shortening
¾ to 1cupbuttermilk
Instructions
Preheat oven to 450º.
Sift together the flour, baking powder and soda, and salt.
Cut in the butter with a pastry blender or by hand until mixture resembles large bread crumbs.
Add buttermilk and gently mix until all ingredients come together.
Form dough into a ball (it should be a little sticky at the point) and placed on a lightly floured surface.
Flour your hands and begin to knead the dough gently, folding the dough over and over. Add more flour as needed to keep from sticking. You can also do this in the bowl if you want.
With a lightly floured surface underneath begin to pat out the dough until it is about and ½ to ¾ inches thick.
Cut out biscuits with a 2” biscuit cutter or a glass.
Reroll scraps and cut out the rest.
Place biscuits on a baking sheet about an inch apart and bake for 12 minutes.