Fluffy Homemade Biscuits

4.72 from 7 votes

These Fluffy Homemade Biscuits are soft, tender, and perfect for any meal. Made with simple ingredients, they're a comforting classic you'll make again and again.

Course Side Dish

Cuisine American

Keyword Biscuit Recipe, Fluffy Homemade Biscuits

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 20

Total Time 35

Servings

Calories 213kcal

Author Shelby Law Ruttan

Equipment

Ingredients

4 cups all purpose flour
¼ cup baking powder
⅛ cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup unsalted butter , diced and refrigerated until cold
1¾ cups buttermilk , cold

Instructions

Prepare the butter by cutting into small cubes, then placing in the freezer to keep cold until ready to add to the dry ingredients.
In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt.Using a pastry cutter, work the pieces of butter in the flour mixture until you have coarse crumbs.
Stir in the buttermilk using a fork, until the dough begins to look shaggy and starts to come together.
Place dough to a lightly floured surface and knead 3-4 times to bring the dough together.
Flatten dough out into a circle about 2 inches thick, then cut into quarters. Stack each quarter on top of each other and flatten the dough out again. Cut into quarters and stack. Repeating this process a total of 4 times.
After the last stacking, flatten the dough to no less than 2 inches thick. Cut with a biscuit cutter or cut into a thick rectangle. Dip the biscuit cutter in a little flour between cuts to prevent sticking (if needed).
Place biscuits close together (they should just barely be touching) on baking pan and bake in preheated oven at 400 degrees for 20 minutes, until biscuits are golden brown.
If desired, brush tops of the biscuits with a little melted butter while still hot.

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