So I do love to cook and I do a lot of it, but I do a lot of other things also and remembering to post my favorite recipes is so hard for me! This morning we are at home watching college football with the windows open and the party of five decked out in our maroon best. We started the day off with a typical southern breakfast: buttermilk biscuits, eggs and bacon. A couple of years ago my new year's resolution was to learn to bake from scratch and I learned in that year that anything baked from scratch ALWAYS tastes better than pre-packaged or boxed impressions of the original. It's worth the extra work.
I've had a mission to find the best light, fluffy and delicious buttermilk biscuit; the task has taken years but today I found my favorite thus far. I got it from all recipes.com and it is titled "Kentucky Biscuits". I LERRVED the fact that there is no crisco in the dough b/c I hate when I get a chunk of it in one bite…it just tastes gross. These are very simple and the key is to NOT overwork the dough. Simply knead it over and across itself a few times. I didn't roll it out as the recipe said to do. I just pinched off each biscuit and pressed it a little onto the cooking stone. Seriously…it doesn't need butter, honey or jam added to it. These biscuits are that good.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees and spray cooking sheet, {unless you use a stone like me}.
2 cups all purpose flour
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
dash of salt
1 Tblsp white sugar
1/2 cup COLD butter
3/4 cup buttermilk (I made mine by combining 3/4 cup whole milk with 1 Tblsp white vinegar)
Combine all dry ingredients and mix well. Cut in butter until the mix resembles course crumbs. Stir in buttermilk until absorbed. Turn out the dough on a floured surface or just knead it in the bowl by turning it over and across itself a few times. Pinch off dough about the size of an egg and press gently onto sheet. Don't over work the dough or your biscuits will be dense and not fluffy.
Bake 15 minutes until golden brown. Move immediately to cooling rack and serve the way you like 'em.
XOXO!
