Homestyle Buttermilk Biscuits
Homestyle Buttermilk Biscuits
- 1/2 cup cold butter
- 2 1/4 cups self-rising flour
- 1 1/4 cups buttermilk
- Additional self-rising flour
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
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Cut butter with a sharp knife or pastry blender into 1/4-inch-thick slices.
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Sprinkle butter slices over flour in a large bowl. Toss butter with flour.
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Cut butter into flour with a pastry blender until crumbly and mixture resembles small peas.
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Cover and chill 10 minutes.
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Add buttermilk, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened.
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Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface; knead 3 or 4 times, gradually adding additional flour as needed.
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Sprinkle top of dough with additional flour.
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Kneed dough until smooth.
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Press or pat dough to 1/2-inch thickness on a lightly floured surface.
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Cut with a 2-inch round cutter, and place, side by side, in a greased pan. (Dough rounds should touch.)
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Bake at 450° for 13 to 15 minutes or until lightly browned.
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Remove from oven; brush with 2 Tbsp. melted butter.
