Simple baking powder biscuits, gently kneaded into the fluffiest biscuits, ever!
Author:Ashley @ Sweetpea Lifestyle
Prep Time:15
Cook Time:15
Total Time:30
Ingredients
2 cups all purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
2 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
5 tablespoons cold butter, cut into pieces
3/4 cup cold buttermilk (see notes!)
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 450˚
In a large mixing bowl, sift flour, salt, and baking powder together.
Add your cold butter, and using a gentle “snapping” motion, cut butter into flour until small pieces form.
Add the cold buttermilk, and fold dough on itself over and over until combined.
Dump out onto a floured work surface, and press out until 1/2 inch thick.
Cut into 2″ squares, placing on sheet tray. Make sure the biscuits touch each other.
Bake at 450˚ until golden brown, about 15 minutes, depending on your oven. I like to set my timer for 12 minutes, then starting peeking.
Serve hot out of the oven with plenty of extra butter, jam, honey, preserves, etc!
Notes
If you don’t have buttermilk on hand, add a splash of white vinegar, and wait a few minutes.
If you’re feeling frisky, you can coat the biscuits with melted butter before you bake them.
You can freeze the biscuits, before you bake them. I place them 1″ apart on a sheet tray and flash freeze. Then, dump into a freezer safe bag and pull out however many I need at the time. Bake frozen biscuits the same way as above.