Categorized:
- Breads & Rolls
- Christmas
- Thanksgiving
Tagged:
- butter
- buttermilk
- flour
- sugar
Easy Buttermilk Drop Biscuits
Ingredients
- 2 cups (283g) all-purpose flour (scoop and level to measure)
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp sugar
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup (113g) unsalted butter, diced into 1 Tbsp pieces
- 1 cup (235ml) buttermilk, well chilled
- 2 Tbsp (28g) unsalted butter, melted (for brushing tops, optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 475 degrees. Line a rimmed 18 by 13-inch baking sheet with parchment paper (made to withstand 475 degrees) or a silicone baking mat (made to withstand 475 degrees), set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar and salt, make a well in center of mixture.
- Place 1/2 cup diced butter in a medium microwave safe dish and heat in microwave until about 3/4 melted. Remove and stir to melt fully.
- Pour buttermilk in with butter and whisk until mixture appears lumpy.
- Pour buttermilk mixture into well in flour mixture then fold mixture with a rubber spatula just until incorporated.
- Spray a 1/4-cup round measuring cup with non-stick cooking spray.
- Scoop dough out a scant 1/4 cup at a time and drop onto prepared baking sheet spacing them 1 1/2-inches apart.
- Bake in preheated oven until tops are slightly golden brown, about 12 - 14 minutes.
- Brush with melted butter and serve warm.
Notes
- Recipe source: adapted from Cook’s Illustrated
- If you only have salted butter on hand, scale back the amount of salt you add to the drop biscuit dough.
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