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Homemade Buttermilk Biscuits

Homemade Buttermilk Biscuits
This is a very easy recipe for rich buttermilk biscuits. They have a good old-fashioned flavor that will bring back memories of your mom's kitchen. They are fast and effortless to make.
 
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Step 1What do you need?

What do you need?
The ingredients for this are:

2 cups of all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoons baking soda
2 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup shortening
3/4 cup buttermilk

With the buttermilk, you can easily make your own for a fairly cheap price. Just follow SFHandyman's Instructable on how to make butter. It turns out a good quality buttermilk. I found that a pint of heavy cream yielded exactly 3/4 cup buttermilk, but it could be different in your case, so be sure to measure it if you make your own.

And thanks to InvaderDig for providing a subtitute for the shortening, if you'd rather use real butter. Subtitute 1/2 cup + 1 tablespoon butter in place of the shortening.
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12 comments
Sep 18, 2010. 1:38 PMtimweaver17 says:
i have a bread baking "bible" (book) and it instructs one to roll and fold the dough multiple times to give it more of a layered texture. have you ever tried that? thoughts?
Sep 5, 2011. 10:39 AMtimweaver17 says:
read somewhere else about not rolling it out and just flouring the outside of the sticky dough, apparently it helps trap the moisture inside? thoughts?

i might try it next weekend, if so i'll let you know how it goes
Mar 16, 2011. 10:16 AMjotts says:
These look good but being a veteran cathead biscuit maker I know...in order to make good biscuits they have to be touching on all sides, put into a pan that's just big enough to fit them all so they rise up not out and don't dry out
Sep 22, 2010. 12:48 PMcoppeis says:
Dear TechNerd1012,

Hello I am on my schools newspaper("Middleview"). I was wondering if I could use your awesome Instrucable for my "DIY and how to" section of the paper please respond if you want me to put this article in my schools paper(you will get credit for the article on the paper). Also the article may or may not be shortened for the paper.


Sincerly,

Coppeis
(P.S. I sent you a message with the same letter)
Sep 14, 2010. 7:18 AMjehan60188 says:
they look incredible!
you can make this simple recipe even easier by using a food processor
Sep 7, 2010. 8:55 PMInvaderDig says:
Great recipe! I'm going to try these soon :)

Shortening substitute: butter (1 cup shortening = 1 cup + 2 tablespoons butter; butter is better tasting than shortening, and contains no trans fats. Trans fats pose a higher risk of heart disease than saturated fats, which were once believed to be the worst kind of fats.
Sep 7, 2010. 10:48 AMscoochmaroo says:
Lovely! I've been wanting to do a biscuit I'ble for a while now, but haven't had a chance to. Well done!
Sep 7, 2010. 12:24 PMComputothought says:
I have made biscuits, but not exactly the same formula. I will have to try out yours.

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