Buttermilk Drop Biscuits
Flaky, tender, buttery biscuits that you can whip up in your food processor... what's there not to love?
Servings 12 biscuits
Calories 112kcal
Ingredients
- 5 oz all- purpose flour
- 4 oz cake flour
- 2 tsps baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp sugar
- 8 tbsps salted butter cold and cubed, plus extra for brushing tops
- 3/4 cup buttermilk cold
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 450℉.
- In a food processor, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and sugar with 6 short pulses.
- Evenly distribute the cold, cubed butter over the dry ingredients in the bowl of the processor. Combine with 12 short pulses. It should resemble chunky sand.
- Pour the cold buttermilk evenly over the ingredients in the bowl of the processor. Combine with 8 short pulses, or until the dough begins gathering in moist clumps.
- Dump the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and form into a rough ball. Use a bench scraper to divide the dough into quarters. Divide each quarter into thirds. You should have 12 lumps of dough.
- Using your hands, quickly and gently shape each lump of dough into a ball. Place on and ungreased baking sheet.
- Bake for 10- 12 minutes. As soon as they come out of the oven, brush with some melted butter.
Notes
- If using unsalted butter, add a 1/2 tsp of salt to the dry ingredients in step 2.
- These can be made without a food processor. Whisk dry ingredients in a bowl, use a pastry blender to incorporate the cold butter, and gently stir in the buttermilk with a wooden spoon.