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Classic Buttermilk Biscuits

Name: Classic Buttermilk Biscuits
Prep time: 15

(9 votes, average: 3.89 out of 5)

15 min prep

6 servings

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5 ingredients

Sometimes you just need a biscuit, and this simple recipe works every time. The perfect moist and flaky biscuit that will suit all your classic biscuit needs.

Ingredients

3 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons baking powder
1 tablespoon kosher salt
¾ cup cold butter, small dice
1 ¼ cup low-fat buttermilk

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Nutrition Facts

Calories

399 cals

Fat

18 g

Saturated Fat

11 g

Polyunsaturated Fat

1 g

Monounsaturated Fat

5 g

Carbohydrates

51 g

Sugar

2 g

Fiber

2 g

Protein

8 g

Sodium

444 mg

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Whisk flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in large bowl to blend.
Break up the pieces of chilled butter with your fingertips into dry ingredients until mixture resembles coarse meal, you can also use a pastry cutter.
Add buttermilk and stir with a wooden spoon until the mixture is evenly moist and begins to form a ball of dough. Add 1 tablespoon of buttermilk if too dry.
Turn the dough out onto a clean work surface. Roll about one inch thick. Cut with an overturned glass or biscuit cutter.
Bake about twenty minutes until golden brown and cooked through.

Chef Tips

One cup of cheddar cheese can be mixed into the dry ingredients to make cheese biscuits.

If you don’t have buttermilk on hand you can easily make it from fresh milk. For 1 cup, take 1 cup of regular milk and stir in either 1 tablespoon of lemon juice or 1 3/4 teaspoons of cream of tartar. Let it sit for 10 minutes to curdle before using.

Registered Dietitian Approved

All our recipes are created by chefs and reviewed by our Registered Dietitian Kate Ueland, MS, RD, CSO, a board-certified specialist in oncology nutrition, to ensure that each is backed with scientific evidence and follows the guidelines set by the Oncology Nutrition for Clinical Practice, 2nd Ed., published by the Oncology Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group, a professional interest group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.