Mirandas No Fail Mile High Buttermilk Biscuits Recipes

MILE HIGH BUTTERMILK AND CREAM BISCUITS

Steps:

• Grease a 9x9x2-inch pan with nonstick cooking spray or softened butter. Line the bottom with parchment paper.
• Add the all-purpose flour, cake flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda to the bowl of a food processor fitted with the metal blade. Cut the butter into small cubes, add to the bowl, and pulse until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Transfer the mixture to a large bowl. Add the buttermilk and cream and, using a wooden spoon or your hands, combine the wet into the dry until a shaggy dough forms.
• Lightly flour a work surface and knead the dough a few times until it is no longer crumbly and the dry and moist bits are fully integrated. If the dough is at all sticky, lightly flour your work surface again. Gently pat or roll the dough into a rectangle at least 1 1/2-inches thick to ensure a tall biscuit. Using a 3-inch biscuit cutter dipped in flour, begin cutting out biscuits from the dough rectangle and place in the prepared pan so they are touching (this helps them rise). You will not fill the whole pan. Collect the scraps and re-roll and cut as needed, although these ones made from scraps will not be as flaky and tender.
• Freeze the biscuits, tightly wrapped in plastic wrap, for at least 2 hours or, preferably, overnight. The unbaked biscuits can be frozen for up to a week.
• Preheat the oven to 425°F.
• For the egg wash Combine the egg and salt and brush the wash on the tops of the frozen biscuits. Sprinkle with the flaky sea salt, if using. Bake for 5 minutes, decrease the heat to 400°F, and bake for about 25-30 minutes more, rotating the pan halfway through the baking time. The biscuits are ready when they are golden brown on top and lightly browned on the bottom. Let the biscuits sit a minute or two in the pan until they are easy to handle.
• Biscuits are best eaten the day they are made, but can be stored, tightly wrapped in plastic wrap, on the counter for up to 3 days. To reheat, wrap them in aluminum foil and warm in a 350°F oven for 10 to 15 minutes.

MILE HIGH BUTTERMILK BISCUITS

Steps:

• Mix and sift dry ingredients into a large mixing bowl.
• Add butter and mix with a pastry blender.
• Add buttermilk all at once and stir quickly with a fork.
• (You may need to add a little more buttermilk to make a nice soft dough.)
• Turn out on a floured board and knead 5 or 6 times.
• Roll or pat into a rectangle that is 3/4" thickness.
• Cut with biscuit cutter and place on baking sheet.
• Brush tops of biscuits with buttermilk.
• Bake at 475° for 5 minutes.
• Turn off heat and leave in the oven for 5-10 minutes until golden brown.

HOMEMADE BUTTERMILK BISCUITS

Steps:

• Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar in a mixing bowl.
• In another bowl whisk eggs, buttermilk and cream together.
• Using a pastry cutter, 2 knives, or fingertips, add the cold butter chunks to the flour mixture until they are roughly the size of blueberries.
• Mix wet ingredients in to dry ingredients just until the mixture forms a dough, be careful not to overwork the dough.
• On a lightly floured work surface, knead dough very gently for 1 minute or until the dough is smooth.
• Cut dough in 1⁄2 and keep one 1⁄2 covered in the refrigerator while rolling and cutting.
• Roll the dough to approximately 3⁄4" to 1" thick and cut using a (dipped in flour) round biscuit cutter, heart shaped cookie cutter or glass rim.
• Gently knead scraps together and roll again.
• Biscuits should be placed on an ungreased sheet pan or baking stone with sides touching to encourage the biscuits to rise high.
• Roll and cut 2nd 1⁄2 of the dough.
• Bake at 425o for 15-18 minutes until biscuits are golden brown and cooked thoroughly.
• Transfer biscuits to a cooling rack.
• Serve warm with your favorite hot beverage.

HIGH-RISE BUTTERMILK BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 500 degrees F (260 degrees C).
• Mix flour, baking powder, and salt together in the bowl of a stand mixer with a paddle attachment. Add unsalted butter and mix at medium speed until well incorporated and the mixture resembles wet sand, about 4 minutes.
• Remove the bowl from the mixer and fold in buttermilk until dough sticks together.
• Dump dough onto a flour work surface; pat into a rectangle. Pat remaining dry crumbs into the mixture by hand.
• Cut dough in half with a floured bench knife; stack cut halves on top of each other. Press layers together to about 1 1/2-inch thickness, shaping a long rectangle as you go. Repeat 3 to 5 times.
• Cut dough into 8 even squares with the bench knife. Cut off uneven edges and put these scraps to the side; clean cuts on all sides will encourage rise. Pat scraps together to make 1 odd-shaped ninth biscuit.
• Place biscuits close together in a 9-inch square pan and brush with melted salted butter. Place pan on top of the warm stove for 10 to 15 minutes to rise.
• Bake biscuits in the preheated oven, checking halfway through bake time, until tops are golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 14 to 18 minutes.

NEVER FAIL BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, sift together dry ingredients. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse oatmeal. Make a well in the center of the dry mixture and pour in the milk. Stir until dough begins to pull together then turn out onto a lightly floured surface.
• Press dough together and then roll out until 3/4 inch thick. Cut into 2 inch round biscuits and place on an ungreased baking sheet.
• Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes, or until golden.

MILE HIGH BISCUITS

Steps:

• Combine dry ingredients in a mixing bowl.
• Cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Add egg and milk;mix until dough forms a ball.
• Turn dough out on a lightly floured surface and knead 10- 12 times, only.
• Roll out to 3/4 inch, cut with floured cutter.
• Place on lightly greased baking sheet.
• Bake at 475 degrees for 12- 15 minutes or until light brown.

MILE HIGH BISCUITS RECIPE - (4.3/5)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Combine flour, salt, sugar, baking powder and butter until crumbly. Mix in buttermilk, egg and just enough water to make a workable dough. Mix the dough until it is just barely combined (don't over mix). Roll the dough onto a floured cutting board about 1 inch thick. Cut with a 2 inch biscuit cutter, or a 2 inch round cup. Place on a greased baking sheet (touching each other) and bake 12-15 minutes or until golden brown. Makes about 12-15 biscuits, depending how thick you make them. Tips to making awesome biscuits: *ONLY hand mix your dough. Don't mix in a Bosch or with a hand mixer. The dough will be too tough and the dough will become dry if you use a mixer. You don't want to over mix this recipe. The best way to mix this dough is with a pastry cutter or using two knives and cutting the dough back and forth. This method takes a little longer but will ensure the perfect biscuit. You want pieces of butter left in your biscuit, that is what keeps the dough light and flaky. *Next tip is to keep your biscuit dough fairly thick. You want a tall and thick biscuit more than you do a thin and hard biscuit. Keeping the dough thick will ensure a chewy and soft biscuit. I keep my dough about 1 to 1 1/2 inches thick (cooking times may vary depending how thick you make them).

MILE HIGH BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425*F.
• Blend dry ingredients together in large bowl.
• Keep butter in refrigerator until required. Slice butter into 4 or 5 thin sections and place over flour mixture. Cut butter in with a pastry cutter, until butter clumps are the size of corn niblets.
• Pour milk into small bowl; add egg and whisk gently until blended.
• Make a hollow in centre of flour/butter mixture and pour in milk/egg. Using a large mixing spoon, quickly blend all ingredients until a rough ball of dough is formed. The secret is to blend well, but not NOT over-work the dough. (I sometimes will just use my hands once I get CLOSE to forming.).
• Pick the ball up in your hands and gently work the dough with 4-5 hand motions to achieve a well-formed ball.
• Place the ball on a lightly floured surface and roll out with a lightly floured rolling pin until about 3/4 to 1 inch thickness.
• Cut biscuits to desired size with a SHARP biscuit cutter. This is another key to a biscuit that will rise nicely with a good shape. Never twist while cutting, but cut straight down in one movement, otherwise you will 'pinch' the dough which interferes with rising.
• Place on un-greased cookie sheet and bake for 11-12 minutes. (Check for doneness at 11 minutes. Biscuits should be light gold.).
• Serve warm - they are yummiest when fresh out of the oven. Allow to cool completely on a rack before storing. These biscuits freeze well and are nice if re-heated gently in the oven (never in the microwave!).
• If you like cheese biscuits, go ahead and add 1/2 cup grated cheese before adding in the milk; chives too! ENJOY.
• NOTE: For a family member who is diabetic but loves biscuits, I modify this recipe to use some soy flour (about 1/3 of the amount) and substitute Splenda for the sugar.