Southern Buttermilk Biscuits

Ask most people what they think about when they think of Southern food, and one of the first things they will mention are homemade southern biscuits.  This recipe for southern style homemade biscuits will soon become one of your family’s favorite recipes.

Homemade Southern Biscuits

I was looking for a recipe to make homemade southern biscuits and I found one that called for regular flour plus leaveners.  I know my sweet mother-in-law, bless her heart, used self-rising flour.  (I believe my mom always uses all-purpose.  Is there a difference in preference between Northern and Southern cooks?)

Anyway…

I made these southern style homemade biscuits using only three ingredients.  Yes – only three (unless you count the stuff that is already in the self-rising flour – but I am not).  For more information, go to King Arthur’s website (here) and you can read about SR Flour.

I have a really, really small food processor.  I use it to incorporate butter into my flour mixture.  So much better than a fork, knife, or a pastry blender.  All you have to do is pulse butter in flour a few times.  Be sure that the pieces are about pea size.  If they are, you can stop whrrring.

The recipe can easily be divided in half, yielding 5 nice sized or 4 large homemade buttermilk biscuits.  If you are like me and your food processor is small, place about 1 cup of flour in the processor with butter and whrrrrrrr.  (Ok, it’s better to pulsate it so that the butter is not smashed into oblivion.)  Once that is done, pour the contents into a bowl with the other cup of flour and stir to blend.

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Southern Style Homemade Biscuits

Ingredients

• 2 cups self-rising flour (plus additional ½ cup for dusting work surface)
• 6 Tablespoons cold unsalted butter
• 1 cup buttermilk

Instructions

1. Place approximately 1 cup of flour in food processor. Cut butter into pieces and add to flour. Pulsate until flour is in pea-sized pieces.
2. Combine mixture with additional 1 cup of flour. Add buttermilk and mix with spoon. Mixture will be “sticky.”
3. Pat out mixture on floured surface until about 1 inch thick. Cut with biscuit cutter (or drinking end of cup). Place on baking sheet.
4. Bake at 450 degrees for 11-12 minutes or until golden brown.

1. Place approximately 1 cup of flour in food processor. Cut butter into pieces and add to flour. Pulsate until flour is in pea-sized pieces.
2. Combine mixture with additional 1 cup of flour. Add buttermilk and mix with spoon. Mixture will be “sticky.”
3. Pat out mixture on floured surface until about 1 inch thick. Cut with biscuit cutter (or drinking end of cup). Place on baking sheet.
4. Bake at 450 degrees for 11-12 minutes or until golden brown.

Put ingredients into food processor.

Process until you have pea-sized balls of butter.

Mix butter-flour mixture with buttermilk.  It will be “sticky.”

Place dough on top of work surface that has a generous amount of flour.

Pat or roll out.

I use a basic drinking glass to “cut” my biscuits.

Homemade buttermilk biscuits!

Southern Style Homemade Biscuits- Fresh from the oven.

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Southern Buttermilk Biscuits

Ingredients

• 2 cups self-rising flour plus additional ½ cup for dusting work surface
• 6 Tablespoons cold unsalted butter
• 1 cup buttermilk

Instructions

1. Place approximately 1 cup of flour in food processor. Cut butter into pieces and add to flour. Pulsate until flour is in pea-sized pieces.
2. Combine mixture with additional 1 cup of flour. Add buttermilk and mix with spoon. Mixture will be "sticky."
3. Pat out mixture on floured surface until about 1 inch thick. Cut with biscuit cutter (or drinking end of cup). Place on baking sheet.
4. Bake at 450 degrees for 11-12 minutes or until golden brown.

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