Wednesday, June 9, 2010

The Best Buttermilk Biscuits!

Yes, another from the Sister's Blog. (Pink Blinking box on my sidebar)
These are wonderful warm out of the oven, and they are even good the next day cold! Greg put honey between the layers of this one. They are heavenly with butter and honey!


Deliciously Flaky Buttermilk Biscuits

2 cups all-purpose flour (9 ounces)
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
5 tablespoons chilled butter, cut into small pieces
3/4 cup fat-free buttermilk
3 tablespoons honey

1. Preheat oven to 400°.
2. Weigh or lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl; cut in butter with a pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse meal. Chill 10 minutes.
3. Combine buttermilk and honey, stirring with a whisk until well blended. Add buttermilk mixture to flour mixture; stir just until moist.
4. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface; knead lightly 4 times. Roll dough into a (1/2-inch-thick) 9 x 5–inch rectangle; dust top of dough with flour. Fold dough crosswise into thirds (as if folding a piece of paper to fit into an envelope). Reroll dough into a (1/2-inch-thick) 9 x 5–inch rectangle; dust top of dough with flour. Fold dough crosswise into thirds; gently roll or pat to a 3/4-inch thickness. Cut dough with a 1 3/4-inch biscuit cutter to form 14 dough rounds. Place dough rounds, 1 inch apart, on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake at 400° for 12 minutes or until golden. Remove from pan; cool 2 minutes on wire racks. Serve warm.

5 comments:

Unknown said...

those look yummy, especially since I have not eaten a thing yet! I'll have to try your recipe.

Granma Faye said...

These really are delish. We just got to sample them this past week-end when we met up with Holly at Summer's house. Holly made a fresh batch and they disappeared quick! Warm from the over with butter, honey or strawberry jam. YUM! That sister's blog has the BEST recipes. Great source for new ideas.

Anonymous said...

I didn't know they were part of Greg's diet! Aren't those my biscuits?

Summer said...

thanks for making those here. those were so good with your homemade strawberry jam!!

Lory said...

Your pictures got Pat, so I had to make some to try them out. They were good-but, I used too small a cutter. They need to be nice and big like yours are :) Pat made gravy and we had real biscuits and "not good for you" gravy for his Father's day brunch. Biscuits and gravy folks loved them!