Homemade Buttermilk Biscuits Recipe
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This homemade Buttermilk Biscuits Recipe is perfectly flaky, tender, and fluffy to make them the perfect Southern treat. Once you try this recipe, there is no return to store-bought or past recipes.
We are huge breakfast fans in our house and love trying different things. If you are the same way and are looking to change up your breakfast routine, then you must try my Dutch Baby or Frittata.
Biscuits
Biscuits in America are made using a quick bread dough with a leavening agent like baking powder. In general, they can be savory or sweet, like the ones I made for Strawberry Shortcake. This savory classic southern recipe of buttermilk, flour, baking powder, and butter is baked to several inches thick and golden brown on top.
These are fantastic to serve as the “bread” component of a breakfast sandwich or sliced open with sausage gravy poured over top. You’ll notice two ingredients I use that may not typically be in a Southern biscuit: sugar and eggs. These two things make the biscuits fluffy, tender, flaky, and perfectly blackened in flavor. Give them a shot. You won’t regret it.
Ingredients and Substitutions
- Butter – I always use unsalted butter in my cooking and baking to control the sodium content.
- Flour – All-purpose flour is what’s needed. You can also use bread flour if that’s all that’s available.
- Buttermilk – I used buttermilk in these biscuits. You can substitute milk, heavy whipping cream, or half and half. Learn how to make homemade buttermilk with staple ingredients.
- Eggs – Large chilled or room temperature eggs work well. These will help add fat, flavor, and flakiness to the biscuits.
- Salt – I always use coarse salt in my cooking and baking.
- Baking Powder – Regular baking powder is used to make them fluffy and help lift the biscuits as they bake.
- Sugar – I like to add regular granulated sugar to my biscuit dough. This is optional, but it helps balance the flavor to perfection.
How to Make Biscuits from Scratch
Grate the butter using a hand grater.
In a stand mixer with the hook attachment, add in the flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, and butter and mix on low speed just until combined.
In a separate medium-size bowl, whisk together the eggs and cream until combined.
Pour the buttermilk and eggs into the stand mixer bowl and mix on low speed until combined.
Transfer the biscuit dough to a clean surface lightly dusted with flour.
Dust the top of the dough with flour and roll it out until it is 1 ½” to 2” thick.
Using a circle cutter that is roughly 2 inches in diameter, cut as many dough rounds as possible.
Transfer them to a large cast-iron skillet (12 inches) or casserole dish (13×9) about ½ to 1 inch apart. There will be plenty of leftover dough to reroll and recut. You should get 20 to 22 biscuits in total. You will need a second smaller skillet or casserole dish for the rerolled and cut dough.
Bake in the oven for 26-30 minutes or until lightly browned and cooked in the center.
Make-Ahead and Storage
Make-Ahead: You can make the biscuits and strawberries up to 2 days ahead for freshness.
How to Store: The biscuits can be stored covered at room temperature for 3 days or in the refrigerator covered for up to 5 days. They will freeze covered for up to 3 months. Thaw in the refrigerator for 1 day before serving.
How to Reheat: If you want to serve the biscuits warm, add them to a pan and cover with foil. Bake in the oven at 350° for 6 to 8 minutes or until warm.
Chef Notes + Tips
- Cooking the biscuits close together ensures they will not fall as they bake since they assist in holding one another up.
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Homemade Buttermilk Biscuits Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 ¾ sticks ice-cold unsalted butter, 22 tbsp
- 6 cups all-purpose flour
- 4 tablespoons baking powder
- 1 ½ teaspoons sea salt
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 5 large eggs
- 1 ¾ cups buttermilk
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375°.
- Grate the butter using a hand grater.
- In a stand mixer with the hook attachment, add the flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, and butter and mix on low speed until combined.
- In a separate medium-size bowl, whisk together the eggs and buttermilk until combined.
- Pour the buttermilk and eggs into the stand mixer bowl and mix on low speed until combined.
- Transfer the biscuit dough to a clean surface lightly dusted with flour.
- Dust the top of the dough with flour and roll it out until it is 1 ½” to 2” thick.
- Using a circle cutter that is roughly 2 ½ to 3 inches in diameter, cut as many dough rounds as possible.
- Transfer them to a large cast-iron skillet (12 inches) or casserole dish (13×9) about ½ to 1 inch apart. There will be plenty of leftover dough to reroll and recut. You should get 20 to 22 biscuits in total. You will need a second smaller skillet or casserole dish for the rerolled and cut dough.
- Bake in the oven for 26-30 minutes or until lightly browned and cooked in the center.
When I made these biscuits, I did not realize how much they would rise, and I did not read that you said to place them side by side. I put mine on a regular cookie sheet and they grew so much, they ended up side by side anyway. I ended up with 23 1/2 biscuits. Thank you for this recipe. It is wonderful.
My pleasure! Appreciate you giving it a try!
Sounds like my mother’s
Wonderful recipe. I use eggs but not this many but turned out great. I used the dough as my base and rolled it out to do folds. Between each layer i added butter. 9 folds and two extra sticks of butter later i had an amazing layered biscuit.
For many years I have been making my biscuits using “traditional” recipes that do not include eggs.. I decided to try this biscuit recipe. I did not want to make a full batch so I cut the recipe in half. I am very pleased with the rise, texture & flavor. I used a 2 inch biscuit cutter & the results were big, tender biscuits that held together well. I had family that came to visit the day after I baked these and they were just as good rewarmed as they were fresh out of the oven. Family loved them and I’m a convert to using this recipe. Thanks for sharing!
What is the baking temperature of the oven for baking the biscuits.
Thanks.
375°
375°