Old Fashioned Buttermilk Biscuit Recipe
This Old Fashioned Buttermilk Biscuit Recipe is just like the one your Mom used to make. Well, that is if you grew up in the South. Buttermilk biscuits are deeply embedded in Southern tradition. Southern Mamas have been teaching their daughters to make delicious buttermilk biscuits for generations. Now I grew up in the midwest and not the South, therefore I was never taught how to make buttermilk biscuits. In fact I was well into my 20's before I remember even trying a biscuit. For many years Pillsbury made my biscuits, until one day I thought I would try to make them myself. They are not difficult to make, but your technique is important. Try not to work the dough too much and you will be rewarded with light airy biscuits.2 cups all purpose flour 2 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. baking soda 1 tsp. sugar 1/2 tsp. salt 1/2 cup cold unsalted butter, cut up into Tablespoons and then quartered
2/3 to 3/4 cup cold buttermilk
Preheat oven to 450º F. In the work bowl of a food processor 
combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar and salt. Pulse a couple of times to mix the ingredients together. Evenly distribute the cold butter pieces into the flour mixture. Pulse the food processor
until the mixture resembles course meal. Do not over process, you want the butter to still have some structure and the mixture not to warm up. Pour 2/3 cups of buttermilk over the flour/butter mixture. Pulse the processor until the dough forms into moist clumps. You may need to add the remainder of the buttermilk.
Dump the dough mixture onto a lightly floured surface; gently form it into a ball with your hands (do not knead dough). Cut the dough into quarters with a bench scraper or sharp knife. Cut each quarter into three even pieces. Gently shape each piece into a rough ball and place on parchemnt lined cookie sheets. Bake for approximately 10-12 minutes until the tops are light brown. Do not over bake.
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