southern buttermilk biscuits

🥘 Ingredients

• • unbleached all-purpose flour
• • baking soda
• • baking powder
• • kosher salt
• • unsalted butter
• • buttermilk

📝 Instructions

1. 1 preheat your oven to 450f
2. 2 combine the dry ingredients in a bowl , or in the bowl of a food processor
3. 3 cut the butter into chunks and cut into the flour until it resembles course meal
4. 4 if using a food processor , just pulse a few times until this consistency is achieved
5. 5 add the buttermilk and mix just until combined
6. 6 if it appears on the dry side , add a bit more buttermilk
7. 7 it should be very wet
8. 8 turn the dough out onto a floured board
9. 9 gently , gently pat the dough out until it's about 1 / 2" thick
10. 10 fold the dough about 5 times , gently press the dough down to a 1 inch thick
11. 11 use a round cutter to cut into rounds
12. 12 you can gently knead the scraps together and make a few more , but they will not be anywhere near as good as the first ones
13. 13 place the biscuits on a cookie sheet- if you like soft sides , put them touching each other
14. 14 if you like"crusty" sides , put them about 1 inch apart- these will not rise as high as the biscuits put close together
15. 15 bake for about 10-12 minutes- the biscuits will be a beautiful light golden brown on top and bottom
16. 16 do not overbake
17. 17 the dough must be handled as little as possible or you will have tough biscuits
18. 18 i have found that a food processor produces superior biscuits , because the ingredients stay colder and there's less chance of overmixing
19. 19 you also must pat the dough out with your hands , lightly
20. 20 rolling with a rolling pin is a guaranteed way to overstimulate the gluten , resulting in a tougher biscuit
21. 21 when you want fresh biscuits , simply place them frozen on the cookie sheet and bake at 450f for about 20 minutes