No Fail Buttermilk Biscuit Recipes

NO FAIL BUTTERMILK BISCUIT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°.Cut butter into small cubes. Place the butter on a plate and place in the freezer while you mix the dry ingredients. The butter should be very cold.
• In a large large bowl, sift together flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
• Add the butter to the bowl and using a pastry blender or a fork and a knife, cut the butter in to combine until it looks like coarse crumbs.
• Make a well in the middle of the flour/butter mixture. Add the cold buttermilk. Stir until dough is mixed and combined. It will be slightly sticky or tacky. If it's still really sticky, add a bit more flour. If it's really dry and not keeping together add a bit more buttermilk.
• Turn out the dough onto a floured surface and pat into a large rectangle.
• Fold the dough over and onto itself six times, so you end up with a tall square, then pat down to about 1 inch thick.
• With a 2.5 inch round biscuit cutter, push down to cut the dough and pull up, using the "no-twist method". Leftover scraps can be combined and cut again.
• Place the biscuits on a parchment paper lined baking sheet or silicone mat, almost touching each other, and bake at 450° for 12-15 minutes until browned.

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.

MIN'S CHEAP, NO BUTTERMILK BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Mix flour, salt, baking powder and cream of tartar.
• Cut shortening into dry ingredients till it resembles coarse cornmeal.
• Whisk egg into milk and then add milk mixture to dry ingredients just till combined.
• Pat out dough on floured surface till about 3/4" thick - try to handle as little as possible.
• Cut into biscuits.
• I bake mine in a preheated cast iron skillet.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes or till light brown.
• Makes 12-15 biscuits (depending on what size glass you find to cut them with!).
• Variations:.
• *add 1/2 cup sugar and 1 teaspoons cinnamon to dry ingredients and 1 teaspoons vanilla extract to milk mixture for sweet biscuits. Its also REALLY good to add about 1/2 cup of frozen blueberries to these - leave out the cinnamon and they taste a lot like scones. Just add berries before the wet ingredients. Great with butter and honey or jelly.
• *add 1/2 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese, 1/2 teaspoons dry italian herbs and 1-2 teaspoons minced garlic to dry ingredients. Brush tops with melted butter and sprinkle parmesan cheese on top before baking for a quick Italian side bread in place of breadsticks/garlic bread.
• *add 1/2 cup shredded cheese, 1 cup cooked meat (sausage, bacon or ham), and 2 eggs (cooked/scrambled) for take-and-go breakfast biscuits. Mix the cheese, meat and eggs with the flour before adding the wet ingredients. The meat, egg and cheese are baked right into the biscuits. These freeze really well in small ziplocks and can be microwaved for about 1 minute for instant breakfast.