Flaky Biscuits
Flaky delicious biscuits! Perfect with a little butter and jam, or smothered in a pepper gravy! This biscuit recipe is easy to prepare and the perfect addition to any brunch.
Servings: 12 biscuits
Ingredients
- 3 cups flour
- 1 1/2 tbsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 stick butter 8 tbsp
- 1 1/2 cup buttermilk add additional milk (1 tbsp at a time) if dough doesn't come together.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
- Sift flour into medium mixing bowl.
- Combine additional dry ingredients into medium mixing bowl.
- Cold cut in butter using pastry blender.
- Stir in milk until dough is formed.
- Roll out or hand form dough into a 1/2 inch thick sheet of dough.
- Cut dough into thirds, stack dough, and roll out again to 1/2" sheet. Repeat 3 times.
- Chill dough in refrigerator for 30 minutes.
- Use knife to cut dough into squares, or use your round biscuit cutter. Press straight down, don't twist.
- Bake for 14-16 minutes, remove and cool.