How To Make Easy Homemade Biscuits
Everyone will enjoy a delicious side with these homemade biscuits. These soft and flaky bread are baked until golden then brushed with butter.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 2cupsall purpose flour,unbleached, scoop and level to measure
- 1tbspaluminum-free baking powder
- 2tspgranulated sugar
- ¼tspbaking soda
- ½tspsalt
- 8tbspunsalted butter,divided (7 tbsp very cold, 1 tbsp melted)
- 1cupbuttermilk,cold
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Line an 18×13-inch baking sheet with a silicone baking liner or with a sheet of parchment paper that’s oven safe to 450 degrees F.
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In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, sugar, baking soda, and salt for 20 seconds.
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Cut 7 tablespoons of cold butter into small cubes. Cut the butter into the flour mixture with a pastry cutter until there are small pea-sized clumps.
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Make a well in the center of the mixture. Pour buttermilk into well, then fold the mixture with a rubber spatula until it comes together.
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Gently turn and press dough to bring together completely, then drop onto a lightly floured surface.
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Gently roll the dough out to a large rectangle about 10×9 inches. Fold in half, then repeat gently rolling and folding process twice more.
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Gently roll and shape the final rectangle to 9½x¾-inch (nearly 1-inch high).
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Dip a 2¼-inch or 2 ⅓-inch round biscuit cutter in flour, then cut dough into 8 rounds. Transfer to the baking sheet, spacing them apart.
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Bring the remaining dough scrapes together and gently press and form a small rectangle. Cut 2 more biscuits, then transfer to baking sheet.
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Bake in preheated oven for 11 to 13 minutes until golden brown and cooked through. Brush with 1 tablespoon melted butter and serve warm.
Nutrition
- Calories: 186.21kcal
- Fat: 9.67g
- Saturated Fat: 6.01g
- Trans Fat: 0.37g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 2.47g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.46g
- Carbohydrates: 21.43g
- Fiber: 0.68g
- Sugar: 2.09g
- Protein: 3.49g
- Cholesterol: 25.40mg
- Sodium: 188.70mg
- Calcium: 136.53mg
- Potassium: 66.56mg
- Iron: 1.33mg
- Vitamin A: 81.13µg
- Vitamin C: 0.25mg
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