Buttermilk Biscuits – Flaky, melt in your mouth!

Delicious buttermilk biscuits are deceptively simple to make. They are flaky, melt in your mouth and you won’t stop eating them. They stand tall and have the best layers. 

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Homemade Buttermilk Biscuits

If you’ve ever wanted a recipe for sky high biscuits with the perfect layers, melt in your mouth texture and really the best that there is, these homemade buttermilk biscuits tick all the boxes! You won’t wait for an occasion to make these because the family will be asking for them again and again.

There is nothing like breaking apart a warm biscuit, slathering it with butter and some honey (or maple syrup) and just digging in.

Ingredients for Buttermilk Biscuits

The list of ingredients for these biscuits is fairly short. You’ll need flour, baking powder, baking soda, butter, buttermilk, salt and sugar. Its how all of these combine that gives you the best homemade buttermilk biscuits.

Trick to flaky, tall buttermilk biscuits

The trick to the best buttermilk biscuits is that you should have cold butter and buttermilk. So make sure that you use butter straight from the fridge. Don’t leave it out on the counter while you do other things. In fact, you can cut up the butter and then place it back in the fridge for a few minutes while you get everything else together.

It’s also important not to overwork the dough. The butter creates pockets which melt in the oven and then give these biscuits the most amazing flakiness.

We also use a technique similar to rolling croissants which works really well here. Once the dough is ready, roll it out into a rectangular, take one third and put it over the other third like an envelope. Roll it out again and repeat once more. This creates even more layers in the biscuits.

And seriously, you will be in biscuit heaven. I’m sure there is one somewhere! Serve this homemade sausage gravy or use these as a base for shortbread sundae. Yum!!

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Homemade Buttermilk Biscuits

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Talk, flaky, melt in your mouth buttermilk biscuits – completely homemade, deceptively simple and delicious!

• 2 1/4 cup All Purpose Flour
• 2 tsp Baking Powder
• 1/4 tsp Baking Soda
• 1 tsp Salt
• 3/4 cup cold Buttermilk
• 8 tbsp fridge cold Butter cut into 1/4 inch pieces
• 1 tbsp Honey
• 2 tbsp Buttermilk for brushing

Nutrition Facts

Homemade Buttermilk Biscuits

Amount Per Serving

Calories 169 Calories from Fat 72

% Daily Value*

Fat 8g12%

Saturated Fat 5g25%

Cholesterol 22mg7%

Sodium 303mg13%

Potassium 116mg3%

Carbohydrates 20g7%

Fiber 1g4%

Sugar 2g2%

Protein 3g6%

Vitamin A 258IU5%

Calcium 55mg6%

Iron 1mg6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.