Grandma's Flaky Buttermilk Biscuits

• Vegetarian

• Baking & Spices

  • 2 1/2 cups All-purpose flour
  • 2 tbsp Baking powder
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Sugar

• Dairy

  • 8 tbsp Butter, unsalted
  • 2 tbsp Butter, salted
  • 1 cup Buttermilk

Found on cookingmaniac.com

Description

Ingredients

• 2½ cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
• 2 tablespoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 8 tablespoons cold, unsalted butter
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 tablespoon salted butter, melted

Directions

• Preheat oven to 425. Sift flour, baking powder, sugar and salt into a large mixing bowl. 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. (Alternatively, cut butter into flour in the mixing bowl using a grater, fork or a pastry cutter.) Return dough to bowl, add buttermilk and stir with a fork until it forms a rough ball (don’t worry if it is a little sticky).
• 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 it down again. Repeat 6 times.
• 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 crimps the edges of the biscuit causing it not to rise. If you have scraps just reform a rectangle and cut additional biscuits.
• Place biscuits on a baking sheet and bake until golden brown, approximately 10 to 15 minutes. Serves 6 to 8.