Best Buttermilk Biscuits
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- Ready In:
- 27mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
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10 biscuits
ingredients
- 3 cups flour
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1 cup butter, chilled
- 1 1⁄4 cups buttermilk
directions
- Preheat oven to 450°F.
- In a large mixing bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, sugar, salt and cream of tartar.
- Slice butter into cubes and cut into flour mixture until pea-sized crumbs form.
- Add buttermilk and stir with a fork untl mixture is moistened.
- Turn dough onto a lightly floured surface, kneeding and folding dough until it holds together. Be careful not to handle too much, or the biscuits will become tough and butter will melt.
- With a lightly floured rolling pin, roll dough until 1/4-inch thick. Cut out biscuits with a 2 1/2-inch biscuit cutter and place 1 inch apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until raised and golden brown.
- Serve warm.
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Reviews
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Fantastic biscuits!!! I made 1/2 of the recipe and got 8 nice sized biscuits. I ate the first one fresh from the oven with just some butter. After dinner, we had them as shortcake with strawberries, ice cream and whipped topping, my favorite. I froze the rest of the biscuits to serve later this week when the kids are over for dinner/dessert. This is a biscuit I would serve for dessert as it is sweet. I made a 2nd batch the next day, but didn't add the sugar and did add a couple of tablespoons of fresh chives, awesome!!! Thanks for sharing the recipe. Made for "Best of 2013 Tag Game."
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I love tea biscuits and buttermilk ones are my favorites, these were incredible, big, fluffy, light, tender and full of buttery flavor. My new go to recipe. I served them warm with butter and homemade raspberry jam, yummy. It was so good that the next day I served the rest as a base for strawberry shortcake, it worked beautifully. Thanks for sharing this winner MSW.
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