Grandma's Flaky Buttermilk Biscuits Recipe

INGREDIENTS

2½ cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting

2 tablespoons baking powder

1 teaspoon sugar

1 teaspoon salt

8 tablespoons cold, unsalted butter

1 cup buttermilk

2 tablespoon salted butter, melted

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 425. Sift flour, baking powder, sugar and salt into a large mixing bowl. Transfer to a food processor. Cut butter into cubes and add to flour, then pulse 6 or 7 times until the mixture resembles rough crumbs. (Alternatively, cut butter into flour in the mixing bowl using a grater, fork or a pastry cutter.) Return dough to bowl, add buttermilk and stir with a fork until it forms a rough ball (don’t worry if it is a little sticky).
2. Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and roll it into a rough rectangle, about an inch thick. Fold it over and gently roll it down again. Repeat 6 times.
3. Gently roll out the dough some more, so that it forms a rectangle. Cut dough into biscuits using a floured glass or biscuit cutter. Do not twist cutter when cutting; this will crimps the edges of the biscuit causing it not to rise. If you have scraps just reform a rectangle and cut additional biscuits.
4. Place biscuits on a baking sheet and bake until golden brown, approximately 10 to 15 minutes. Serves 6 to 8.

Original recipe and more pictures visit: Grandma's Flaky Buttermilk Biscuits @ cookingmaniac.com

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