Buttermilk Biscuits

spatchcock's Note:

GREAT biscuit recipe. This is a copycat for Popeye's buttermilk biscuits. Please don't use salted butter in this recipe (or, indeed, in any of your baking).

• Total Time: 29 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 24 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 10 biscuits

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 ½ teaspoons salt
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ cup unsalted butter , cold
• ½ cup buttermilk
• ¼ cup milk
• melted butter , to brush on top

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Mix together flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, and baking soda in a medium bowl.
3. Slice cold butter into cubes and use a pastry knife or potato masher to cut butter into dry mixture until no large chunks of butter remain.
4. Add buttermilk and milk and stir with a spoon until dough forms.
5. Roll out to 1/2-inch thick on a floured surface.
6. Cut biscuits with a 3-inch biscuit cutter and arrange on a lightly-greased or parchment paper-lined baking sheet.
7. Bake for 22 to 24 minutes or until tops begin to turn light brown.
8. Remove biscuits from the oven and cool for a couple of minutes, then brush each biscuit top with melted butter.

Reviews

[Bogey'sMom]

Excellent recipe. Very easy to make, they were fluffy and light and browned beautifully. I should have made a double batch.

[CrystalA]

O my goodness. A while back I was looking for the best biscuit recipe. Now I have found it. These are so good. Very buttery. I did not have any buttermilk, so I used all milk. This will for now on be my biscuit recipe. I will not have to search no longer. Thanks.

[YungB]

Nice flavor biscuits. Very easy to make. If you only have salted butter like me, cut the salt to 3/4 teaspoon otherwise it will be salty. I only needed 18 minutes in the oven and they were a bit too brown already. So, watch your baking time.