Ingredients
The following ingredients have 13 Servings
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup buttermilk
- Optional: melted butter and coarse sparkling sugar
Instruction
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
- Cut butter into small pieces. Spread the butter pieces on a dinner plate and place in the freezer while you measure out and mix the dry ingredients. The butter should be cold but not frozen.
- In a large bowl, sift together flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
- Note: It is very important that you work quickly through these next steps so the butter does not warm up and soften too much.
- With a pastry cutter or two knives, cut the cold butter into the flour mixture until it resembles small crumbs (the size of a pea).
- Make a hole in the middle of the flour and add buttermilk. Gently stir until the dough is mixed together but still tacky. If it’s too dry, add more buttermilk.
- Pour the mixed dough out onto a floured surface and pat gently into a rectangle.
- Fold the dough onto itself six times then pat down to 1 inch thick.
- With a 2 ½ inch round biscuit cutter, push down to cut the dough and pull up without twisting the cutter and the dough. Any leftover scraps can be combined and cut again – but just once; reusing any scraps after that will make the biscuits tough.
- Arrange the biscuits on a parchment-lined cookie sheet almost touching each other and bake for 12-15 minutes until browned.
- Optional: After they are baked, you can also brush the tops with melted butter and sprinkle more sugar on top if you wish for added sweetness.
