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Buttermilk Biscuits

These buttery, flaky, golden brown Buttermilk Biscuits are mouthwateringly good. Made from scratch and ready in just 20 minutes from start to finish you’ll love this delicious easy to follow recipe!
Course Breakfast
Cuisine Breakfast
Keyword Buttermilk Biscuits, Homemade Bread, Southern Recipe Favorites
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Servings 10 servings
Calories 238 kcal
Susanne Susanne

Ingredients

For the Biscuits

  • 2 ⅓ cups all purpose flour sifted
  • 1 Tablespoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt
  • 8 tablespoons butter cold
  • 2 ½ tablespoons margarine cold
  • ¾ cup buttermilk cold
  • 1 tablespoon honey

For the Egg Wash

  • 1 egg
  • 1 tablespoon water

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400°F place parchment paper over the baking sheet and set it aside.

  2. In a large bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, kosher salt together.

  3. Coat the cold butter lightly in flour, then grate the butter into the dry mixture. Mix together.

  4. Add the margarine to the bowl and gently toss to combine using your fingers. Do not over over mix just toss together until ingredients are combined.

  5. Make a well in the middle of your mixture and pour in the milk and honey. Work the ingredients together with your hands until a dough forms. Do not over mix, stop the moment things are mixed and set the bowl aside.

  6. Sprinkle some flour onto your work surface and transfer the dough over to the flour. Then using a rolling pin roll the dough out until is it about 1 inch thick.

  7. Using a 2 ½ inch biscuit cutter cut as many biscuits as you can from the rolled dough. Once they are cut out, transfer them on your parchment lined baking sheet.

  8. This recipe makes about 10 biscuits. If you were not able to cut all ten biscuits out then gather the leftover dough in a ball and repeat steps seven and eight. Be mindful that you do not roll out the dough more than twice. See my notes below about this.

  9. Optional Step: Make an egg wash to get that beautiful golden brown top to the biscuits. To make the egg was combine whisk the egg with one tablespoon of water. Then with a pastry brush spread the wash over the tops of the dough.

  10. Bake the biscuits for 12 minutes or until they rise the tops are golden brown.

Recipe Notes

  1. If you want thicker biscuits, you can roll the dough out to 1 ½ inches, just keep in mind you will probably have fewer biscuits and the baking time might increase by 2-3 minutes.
  2. The egg wash is optional. I think it makes the biscuits prettier and gives them a crisp top but it is not a necessary step.
  3. Nutritional information is estimated. Amounts will vary based on ingredient choices and serving sizes.
Nutrition Facts
Buttermilk Biscuits
Amount Per Serving (1 biscuit)
Calories 238 Calories from Fat 117
% Daily Value*
Fat 13g20%
Saturated Fat 7g44%
Trans Fat 0.4g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 4g
Cholesterol 42mg14%
Sodium 305mg13%
Potassium 188mg5%
Carbohydrates 26g9%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 3g3%
Protein 4g8%
Vitamin A 466IU9%
Vitamin C 0.02mg0%
Calcium 84mg8%
Iron 2mg11%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.