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    Home » Recipes » Quick Breads

    Flaky Buttermilk Biscuits

    Modified: Aug 8, 2022 · Published: May 18, 2020 by Kristin · This post may contain affiliate links. · 6 Comments

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    These Flaky Buttermilk Biscuits are soft and buttery with lots of flaky layers! This biscuit recipe only requires 6 simple ingredients and are ready in only 25 minutes.

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    Homemade Flaky Buttermilk Biscuits recipe

    To me, there is nothing better than a good biscuit with honey or jam. Either as a breakfast, side item, or even a snack when the craving hits! Such comfort food, right?!

    For YEARS, I bought Pilsbury Grand biscuits from the grocery store and those to me, were as good as it got! Yes, restaurants have great ones too, but Pilsbury biscuits were easy, quick, and always a winner!

    This past weekend however, my opinion officially changed. My hubby decided to make some from scratch using a family recipe. To be honest, I wasn’t sure how they were going to turn out because of how few ingredients the recipe called for.

    After only about 10 minutes, he had the biscuits ready to go in our cast iron skillet. Now, if you don’t have a cast iron skillet, no worries, simply use a cookie sheet/baking tray.

    The biscuits only needed about 10 minutes to cook and looked perfect!

    To me, the real test is how easily you can pull them apart, aka how flaky and fluffy they are. These scored a 10/10 by each and every family member. Even my kids didn’t believe that they were homemade because they looked and tasted incredible!

    I enjoyed mine with some honey (local honey for the added allergens of course), whereas my hubby enjoyed his with homemade jam!

    homemade biscuits cooked in a cast iron skillet

    What are biscuits?

    A biscuit is a flour-based baked and shaped food product. In most countries biscuits are typically hard, flat, and unleavened. They are usually sweet and may be made with sugar, chocolate, icing, jam, ginger, or cinnamon. They can also be savory, similar to crackers. In most of North America, nearly all hard sweet biscuits are called “cookies”, while the term “biscuit” is used for a soft, leavened quick bread similar to a scone. In the US, biscuits are similar to a dinner roll, but are denser and flakier because they aren’t usually made with yeast. Since there’s typically no yeast involved and the rising agent is either baking soda, baking powder, or both– biscuits are considered a quick bread.

    Ingredients needed for Flaky Buttermilk Biscuits

    • Flour- all purpose
    • Baking Soda
    • Baking Powder
    • Salt
    • Butter- unsalted, cut into small pieces
    • Buttermilk- see substitution below

    *If you do not have buttermilk on hand, you can add 1 tablespoon white vinegar to a glass measuring cup. Fill the glass cup up to the 1 cup line with milk. Allow mixture to sit for 5 minutes. This mixture can be used as your buttermilk substitution.

    How to prepare:

    1. Preheat oven to 475 degrees.
    2. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
    3. Add the butter pieces into the flour mixture and cut it in using a pastry knife (or two forks) until it has a coarse meal consistency.
    4. Pour in the buttermilk and stir until just combined.
    5. Place dough onto a floured surface and using your hands, gently pat out dough until it’s about 1 inch thick. *You may need additional flour on hands/surface to avoid sticking
    6. Use a round cutter and place cut out biscuits into your cast iron skillet or onto a baking tray.
    7. Place pan/tray into preheated oven and bake for about 10 minutes, or until slightly golden on top and cooked through.
    8. Remove from oven and serve with gravy, jam, or honey.

    cast iron biscuits with honey and jam on the side

    Other recipes to try:

    Instant Pot Mixed Berry Jam

    Tasty Instant Pot Sausage Gravy

    Sausage Gravy and Biscuits

    Homemade Apple Biscuits

     

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    flaky buttermilk biscuit packed with flavor

    Flaky Buttermilk Biscuits

    Recipe by: Kristin
    The BEST Flaky Buttermilk Biscuits you'll ever try! Forget pre-packaged biscuits, this homemade version is simple to make and packed with flavor!
    4.25 from 12 votes
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    Prep Time 10 minutes mins
    Cook Time 10 minutes mins
    Total Time 20 minutes mins
    Course Breakfast, Side Dish, Snack
    Servings 8
    Calories 209 kcal

    Equipment

    • Cast Iron Skillet
    • Mixing Bowls
    • Biscuit Cutter

    Ingredients
      

    • 2 cups flour *all purpose
    • ¼ teaspoon baking soda
    • 1 tablespoon baking powder
    • 1 ¼ teaspoon salt
    • 3 oz butter, unsalted *cut into small pieces
    • 1 cup buttermilk

    Instructions
     

    • Preheat oven to 475 degrees.
    • In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
    • Add the butter pieces into the flour mixture and cut it in using a pastry knife (or two forks) until it has a coarse meal consistency.
    • Pour in the buttermilk and stir until just combined.
    • Place dough onto a floured surface and using your hands, gently pat out dough until its about 1 inch thick. *You may need additional flour on hands/surface to avoid sticking
    • Use a round cutter and place cut out biscuits into your cast iron skillet or onto a baking tray.
    • Place pan/tray into preheated oven and bake for about 10 minutes, or until slightly golden on top and cooked through.
    • Remove from oven and serve with gravy, jam, or honey.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1biscuitCalories: 209kcalCarbohydrates: 26gProtein: 4gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 26mgSodium: 595mgPotassium: 74mgFiber: 1gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 315IUCalcium: 130mgIron: 2mg
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    biscuit dough shaped and formed, ready to be cooked in the oven

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    Comments

    1. Catherine Haskins says

      April 06, 2024 at 6:14 pm

      5 stars
      I had given up on home made biscuits. But you have helped me get over the hump! Excellent!

      Reply
      • Kristin says

        April 07, 2024 at 11:22 am

        Yay!! Love hearing this! These are a fav in my house!

        Reply
    2. Carol Higgins says

      April 16, 2022 at 1:25 pm

      How much is 3 oz butter? Butter is usually expressed in sticks or quarter cups or tlsp etc. I have never weighed butter.

      Reply
      • Kristin says

        April 16, 2022 at 2:48 pm

        Hi, 3 oz of butter is equivalent to 6 tbsp butter! Hope you enjoy!

        Reply
    3. Garry Schultz says

      May 23, 2020 at 4:13 pm

      Why unsalted butter..can regular butter be used?

      Reply
      • Kristin says

        May 24, 2020 at 2:07 pm

        You can definitely use salted, I tend to use unsalted so I can control the amount of salt and adjust, but either works great!

        Reply
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