Buttermilk Biscuits
Ingredients
2 cups
flour
4 tsp.
baking powder
2 tsp.
sugar
½ tsp.
salt
½ tsp.
cream of tartar
½ cup
Kowalski's Unsalted Butter, very cold, cut into ½" chunks
1 cup (approx.)
buttermilk
Directions
- Preheat oven to 450°.
- In a medium mixing bowl, sift together first 5 ingredients (through cream of tartar).
- Using a food processor or pastry cutter, cut butter into dry ingredients until butter is in pea-size pieces.
- Using a fork, stir in buttermilk just until dough is uniformly moist (there will be lumps).
- Transfer dough to a large sheet of waxed paper; use a second sheet of waxed paper (not your hands) to fold dough in half a few times. Pat to an even 1" thickness, taking care not to overwork the dough.
- Using a 2 ½" round cutter dipped in flour, cut straight down into the dough to form biscuits (DO NOT twist the cutter, and remember to re-dip the cutter in flour each time).
- If necessary, gather scraps of dough and quickly reknead, roll and cut remaining dough.
- Arrange biscuits on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake in preheated oven until light brown on top (8-10 min.).
- Try these biscuits in our recipes for Smoky Chicken à la King and Sausage Gravy on Buttermilk Biscuits.
