Homemade Buttermilk Biscuits

• Baking & Spices

  • 3 cups All-purpose flour
  • 3/4 tsp Cream of tartar
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1 tbsp Sugar

• Dairy

  • 3/4 cup Butter
  • 1 1/4 cup Buttermilk

• Other

  • 1 Tablespoonbaking powder

Found on myfearlesskitchen.com

Description

Ingredients

• 3 cups all purpose flour
• 1 Tablespoonbaking powder
• 1 Tablespoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ¾ teaspoon cream of tartar
• ¾ cup butter, cold, sliced
• 1-1/4 cup buttermilk (or sour milk)

Directions

• In a large, shallow mixing bowl, mix the dry ingredients together.
• Add ⅓ of the butter, and cut it in with a pastry blender. When the butter is mixed in, add another ⅓ of the butter, and cut it in with a pastry blender. Add the final ⅓ of the butter, and cut it in with a pastry blender. The dough should resemble coarse crumbs (like this).
• Add the buttermilk to the flour mixture and stir with a fork, until combined.
• Turn the dough out onto a floured pastry mat. With floured hands, gently knead the dough until all the dry ingredients are incorporated. (Dough will be sticky.)
• Press the biscuit dough out flat, about ¾ of an inch thick.
• Using a biscuit cutter or a glass, cut biscuits out of the dough.
• Re-knead dough scraps, press flat, and cut more biscuits.
• Place biscuits on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 450 degrees for 12-14 minutes, until biscuit tops are golden brown.
• Cool biscuits on a wire cooling rack.