![]() ![]() I recommend somewhere around 450 degrees F to start then reducing it after a couple of minutes. If the dough gets too warm before baking, pop the biscuits in the refrigerator for a few minutes. These large-ish pieces of butter will work to let off steam in the oven, puffing up the biscuits as they bake. Keep the butter pieces about the size of dimes or slightly smaller. This will cause the glutens in the flour to overdevelop, ending you with a dough, overly dense finished product. Keep in mind that your hands give off a lot of heat so try to handle the dough as little as possible to avoid melting the butter. Use very cold butter or other solid fat.This recipe is gloriously simple but it is important to keep a few simple tips and tricks in mind if you want to end up with some of the best biscuits you’ve ever tasted. Cultured buttermilk has a similar tangy flavor and is an essential in buttermilk biscuits. You can buy cultured butter in some grocery stores in addition to other cultured dairy like sour cream and yogurt. Years ago cream was cultured much more than it is today, meaning healthy good bacteria fermented the cream (mostly because refrigeration was scarce) and then it was used to make butter. Today we just call this liquid “buttermilk” which is different than it’s cousin “cultured buttermilk”. What is buttermilk? Does it have butter in it?īuttermilk is actually the slightly tangy liquid left behind after butter is made–so it doesn’t technically have any butter in it. There is simply no substitute that really compares to that of the tang of the buttermilk, and now I use all butter in mine (I grew up making them with Crisco until I learned how unhealthy shortening is) and the flavor is just other level. What makes buttermilk biscuits better?įor me it’s about flavor and health. Here’s what you need to know to make those tender inside, a little crispy on the outside pieces of heaven. I’m sure they were terrible, but thankfully 30+ years of practice has helped that a bit. I made my first batch of biscuits before I left elementary school. A truly southern classic, get your steps from an actual southern woman and make your best batch yet! Every good cook needs to know how to make buttermilk biscuits. ![]()
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