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Buttermilk Biscuits
Prep Time:
10
minutes
minutes
Cook Time:
10
minutes
minutes
Total Time:
20
minutes
minutes
Servings:
8
Ingredients
2
cups
flour
1 1/2
tsp
baking powder
1/2
tsp
baking soda
1/2
tsp
salt
1/2
cup
cold butter
, cut into small cubes
3/4
cups
+ 2 tbsp buttermilk
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Sift the flour with baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl.
Cut in the butter using a pastry cutter.
Pour in buttermilk and gently knead together with your hands. Do not over knead or else the biscuits do not rise much.
Pat onto a floured surface into a circle about one inch thick.
Using a biscuit cutter or a wide glass, cut out biscuits.
Place on a cookie sheet. Bake for about 16 minutes or until they just start to brown.
Cool on a wire rack.