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Grandma's Flaky Buttermilk Biscuits Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2½ c all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
2 T baking powder
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp salt
8 T cold, unsalted butter
1 c buttermilk
2 T salted butter, melted to brush on top
Directions:
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 425. Sift flour, baking powder, sugar and salt into a large mixing bowl (I just whisk them together). Transfer to a food processor. Cut butter into cubes and add to flour, then pulse 6 or 7 times, until the mixture resembles rough crumbs (Alternately, cut butter into flour in the mixing bowl using a grater, fork or pastry blender). Return dough to bowl and add buttermilk. Stir with a fork until it forms a dough ball (don't worry if it is a little sticky).

2. Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and roll it into a rough rectangle, about an inch thick. Fold it over and gently roll out the dough again. Repeat 6 times.

3. Gently roll out the dough some more, so that it forms a rectangle. Cut dough into biscuits using a floured glass or biscuit cutter. Do not twist cutter when cutting; this will crimp the edges of the biscuit causing it not to rise. If you have scraps just reform a rectangle and cut additional biscuits.

4. Place biscuits on a baking sheet and place in oven. Bake until golden brown, aproximately 10-15 minutes.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
6-8
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
30 minutes
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Biscuit dough in general should be handled as little as possible. Overworking the dough will result in a dry and tough biscuit. Rather than cutting with a biscuit cutter, form a rectangle and cut into squares; In this way, you have no scraps to re-roll.

 

 

 

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