Homemade Flakey Buttermilk Biscuits

Ingredients

2 Cup(s) All-Purpose Flour
2 Teaspoon(s) Baking Powder
¼ Teaspoon(s) Baking Soda
1 Teaspoon(s) Salt
7 Tablespoon(s) Unsalted Butter chilled in freezer and cut into thin slices
¾ Cup(s) Buttermilk (cold)
2 Tablespoon(s) Buttermilk for brushing

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Nutrition

• Calories 143
• Protein 2.8g
• Carbohydrates 17g
• Fat 7.1g
• Cholesterol 18.5mg
• Sodium 321.3mg

How to make Homemade Flakey Buttermilk Biscuits

• 01
  Preheat oven to 425 F (220 C) and line a Baking Sheet with Parchment Paper.
• 02
  Sift together flour, baking powder, soda and salt in a large Bowl. Add in cold butter to mixture and cut into the dry ingredients with a Pastry Cutter until the mixture is resembles coarse crumbs.
• 03
  In the middle of the mix, make a well and pour in the cold buttermilk and gently stir until just combined.
• 04
  Flour a work surface and then turn dough out onto it, shaping dough into a rectangle.
• 05
  Fold the rectangle lengthwise into thirds, rotate dough half a turn. Gather crumbs, flattening the dough back into a rectangle. Repeat process two more times, folding and pressing a total of three times.
• 06
  Roll out dough with rolling pin onto floured surface until about a ½” thick. Use a 2 ½” Biscuit Cutter to cut out biscuits, rerolling any leftover scraps until all biscuits are cut and no dough remains. Should yield about 12 biscuits total.
• 07
  Onto the prepared Baking Sheet, transfer the biscuits. With your thumb, indent top of each biscuit and brush buttermilk on the tops of each.
• 08
  Bake for 15 minutes in preheated oven until biscuits are golden brown and flaky. About 15 mins.
• 09
  Ensure your butter and buttermilk are cold for this recipe!!