Flaky and perfect for biscuits n' gravy, with beans, or buttermilk fried chicken.
1 Tbsp Baking Powder
1 1/2 tsp Kosher Salt
5 Tbsp Cold Butter, cut in pieces
1 Cup Cold Buttermilk*
Preheat oven to 500 degrees.
In a large bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt.
Add butter and work together quickly with fingers until coarse "crumbs" form with no pieces bigger than a marble.
Add milk in one pour and stir with wooden spoon until it just comes together. (add an extra 1-2 Tbsp milk if needed).
Turn onto a floured surface and knead 8-10 times just to make it form a ball.
Gently flatten with the palm of hand then roll to 1/2 to 3/4 in thick.
Pierce dough with a fork completely through at 1/2 inch intervals.
Cut into squares with a pizza cutter or use a 3 inch biscuit cutter.
Place on parchment lined baking sheet 1/2 inch apart.
Bake on upper 1/3 rack of oven for 8-12 minutes.
Makes approx. 9 biscuits.
*I don't always have buttermilk around but I do keep Buttermilk powder in the fridge and these will work well with buttermilk powder (like Saco found at Wal-mart). Just add 4 Tbsp of powder with the dry ingredients and use 1 Cup of cold water or milk instead of buttermilk.
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3 comments:
looks good as usual!
This recipe looks great...I like that it uses butter, rather than lard (crisco, I guess, is what I'm thinking of!). Have you heard of adding a tablespoon of vinegar to a cup of regular milk to 'make' buttermilk? My measurements might be off, but I've definitely been advised to do something like this, and it worked well!
I've heard of vinegar or lemon juice but I haven't tried it since the powder is so handy. If you try it in the biscuits let us know how it turns out :) Thanks for the tip!
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