Let me show you how to make easy Homemade Buttermilk Biscuits.
Homemade buttermilk biscuits are delicious, healthy, flaky, fluffy, buttery snacks perfect for breakfast, brunch, or a side dish. In this article, I will show you tips for the best homemade buttermilk biscuits in this post.
These biscuits are buttery, moist, and tasty, whether eaten independently or with butter or jam smeared on top.
Let’s make the recipe:
Ingredients for Easy Homemade Buttermilk Biscuits
For the recipe, you need:
- Butter
- Flour
- Baking Powder
- Baking Soda
- Salt
- Sugar
- Buttermilk
Easy way to Homemade Buttermilk Biscuits
Here is how you can make homemade biscuits. Follow the directions and measurements to get the perfect recipe.
1. Start by grating cold butter into a large bowl using the shred side of a box grater.
2. To the butter, add flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar, then mix with fingertips to combine.
3. Add cold buttermilk and mix to form a dough.
4. Place the dough on a floured surface, press the dough down or roll to be about half an inch thick, then fold in thirds to create layers.
Turn the dough horizontally and press down or roll using a rolling pin into half an inch thick. Fold in thirds and roll two more times again. In all, you should fold the dough three times.
5. Roll dough into half an inch thick, then cut into rounds using a 2.5-inch biscuit cutter or the rim of a glass or cup.
6. Place the cut-out biscuits on a large baking sheet lined with parchment paper, making sure the biscuits touch each other.
7. Bake in a preheated oven until golden brown.
8. Serve as a side dish or with jam or butter.
Things to Note before making the easy homemade buttermilk biscuits
- Grate the butter. Grating the butter is an easy way to ensure the butter incorporates well with the flour. Alternately you could pulse the butter and flour in a food processor until the butter is pea-sized. With the food processor method, you have to do short pulses; else, there is the danger of over-processing the butter. For flaky biscuits, you should be able to feel flakes or pea-sized pieces of butter in the flour.
- All ingredients should be cold. The butter and buttermilk should be hard for successful biscuits. Please don’t remove them from the fridge until you are about to use them. Side note: Shooting this recipe was a pain because I had to keep moving ingredients to the fridge and back to keep them cold.
- Use buttermilk. Buttermilk gives biscuits a softer texture and also lets them rise. To make your buttermilk at home, pour one tablespoon of vinegar or lemon juice into a liquid measuring cup. Add enough milk to make 1 cup. Let it sit for 5 minutes, and you have homemade buttermilk.
- Do not knead the dough. Biscuit dough should not knead like bread dough.
- Don’t twist the cutter. Do not twist the biscuit cutter or cup you use when cutting the dough. If you turn the blade, it will seal the edges of the dough, thereby preventing the biscuits from rising.
- Let the biscuits touch. When you place the biscuits on the baking sheet, make sure they feel each other. The biscuits touching each other will help them rise.
Easy Homemade Buttermilk Biscuits
Prep time: 15 mins
Cook time: 15 mins
Total time: 30 mins
Ingredients for Easy Homemade Buttermilk Biscuits
- 1 cup unsalted butter (226 grams) cold
- 4 cups flour (500 grams) plus more for work surface
- Four teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- One teaspoon salt
- Two tablespoons sugar
- 2 cups buttermilk (500 ml) cold
Direction for Easy Homemade Buttermilk Biscuits
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Grate the cold butter into a large bowl.
- Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar.
- Mix with fingertips to combine everything. Do not over mix. The butter should remain cold, and there should be visible shreds of butter in the dough.
- Add the buttermilk and mix gently to form a dough. Do not knead the dough. Lightly flour a working surface and transfer the dough to the working surface.
- Create Layers. Press the dough down or roll to be about half an inch thick, then fold in thirds to create layers. Turn the dough horizontally and press down or proceed using a rolling pin into half an inch thick. Fold in thirds and roll two more times again. In all, you should fold the dough three times.
- With a rolling pin, roll out the dough to half an inch thick.
- Cut out circles from the dough with a 2.5-inch biscuit cutter or a cup with sharp ends. Do not twist or move the blade around as you cut it. It will help the biscuits rise better!
- Place on the prepared tray, making sure the biscuits lightly touch each other.
- Place in oven and bake for about 15 minutes until golden brown on top.
- Serve warm with jam or butter.
