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Melt-In-Your-Mouth Homemade Biscuits

I admit, a little bit more work than store bought biscuits. But soooo worth it!
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings: 8
Course: Breads
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
  • 1 T sugar
  • 1 T baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 6 T unsalted butter, very cold
  • 1 cup COLD buttermilk

Method
 

  1. Preheat the oven to 450°F
  2. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  3. In a bowl, add the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Whisk to combine. 
  4. Cut the butter into small cubes and put it into the flour mixture. With a pastry blender (or two forks) press the butter down to incorporate the butter into the flour. Work it in gently until the butter is mostly pea-size or smaller. The faster you do this step, the better. You want the butter to stay cold. (Note: this step can be done in a food processor instead) 
  5. Gently add the buttermilk and stir just until combined. DO NOT OVERMIX. Dough will be slightly sticky. 
  6. Dust a flat surface with a little more flour, dump out the dough and with a floured rolling pin, roll dough to 3/4 inch tall. Use a biscuit cutter, or the top of a glass cup to push straight down into the dough. Try to get about 5 or 6 biscuits cut, then gently put the scraps together (again being careful not to overwork the dough) and cut another 2-4 biscuits with the remaining dough.
  7. Put biscuits 2 inches apart on the baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake until barely golden, 10-13 minutes. Do not overcook. 

Notes

*Note: makes 8-10 biscuits. If you make smaller biscuits they will cook much faster- so watch out to make sure they don’t burn.