Description
Mile-High Buttermilk Biscuits are a quick breakfast, easy side dish, and one of those timeless food ideas everyone loves. These tall, flaky biscuits bake up buttery and tender with beautiful layers, making them perfect for breakfast ideas, dinner ideas, holiday tables, or any easy recipe you want to serve warm from the oven.
Ingredients
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
1/2 cup unsalted butter, very cold and cubed
1 cup cold buttermilk
2 tablespoons melted butter, for brushing
Instructions
1. Preheat the oven to 450°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar.
3. Add the cold cubed butter and cut it into the flour mixture until it resembles coarse crumbs with a few pea-sized pieces of butter.
4. Pour in the cold buttermilk and stir gently just until a shaggy dough forms.
5. Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface and pat it into a rectangle. Fold it over itself 3 to 4 times to build layers.
6. Pat the dough to about 1 inch thick and cut out biscuits with a sharp biscuit cutter, pressing straight down without twisting.
7. Place the biscuits on the prepared baking sheet, with sides touching for softer edges or spaced slightly apart for crisper edges.
8. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, or until the biscuits are tall and golden brown on top.
9. Brush the hot biscuits with melted butter and serve warm.
Notes
Keep the butter and buttermilk very cold so the biscuits bake up tall and flaky.
Do not overmix the dough or the biscuits can turn dense instead of tender.
Cut the biscuits straight down without twisting the cutter so they rise evenly.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Breakfast / Side Dish
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 biscuit
- Calories: 230
- Sugar: 2g
- Sodium: 470mg
- Fat: 11g
- Saturated Fat: 7g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 29g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 28mg
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