DIY Recipes: Easy methods to make buttermilk biscuits

2 teaspoons baking powder

7 tablespoons unsalted butter, chilled in a freezer and reduce into skinny slices

2 tablespoons buttermilk for brushing

Preheat oven to 425 levels F (220 levels C). Line a baking sheet with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper.

Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt collectively in a big bowl. Add chilly butter slices and reduce into the flour with a pastry blender till the combination resembles coarse crumbs.

Make a nicely within the centre of the combination. Pour chilly buttermilk into the nicely and stir gently till simply mixed.

Flip dough onto a floured work floor and pat it collectively right into a rectangle.

Fold the rectangle in thirds. Flip the dough a half flip, collect any crumbs, and flatten it again right into a rectangle. Repeat twice extra, folding and urgent the dough a complete of 3 times.

Roll dough on a floured floor to about 1/2 inch thick. Use a 2 1/2-inch spherical biscuit cutter to chop biscuits. Reroll any scraps to chop extra biscuits; you must get 12 whole.

Switch the biscuits to the ready baking sheet. Press an indent into the highest of every biscuit along with your thumb. Brush buttermilk over the tops.

Bake within the preheated oven till the biscuits are flaky and golden brown, about quarter-hour.

Permit them to cooll and serve.