Description
Homemade easy drop biscuits offer golden-brown comfort straight from your kitchen’s warmth. Southern-style goodness meets simple preparation, delivering flaky, buttery delights you’ll crave with every bite.
Ingredients
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Main Ingredients:
- 2 cups (480 ml) all-purpose flour
- 1 cup (240 ml) buttermilk
- 1/2 cup (115 g) cold butter, cubed or grated
Leavening and Seasoning:
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder (optional)
Optional Additions:
- 1/2 cup (60 g) shredded cheddar cheese
- Fresh herbs (optional)
Instructions
- Prepare the oven by heating to 425°F and arranging a parchment-lined baking sheet.
- Combine dry ingredients in a spacious mixing bowl, ensuring even distribution of flour, baking powder, and salt through thorough whisking.
- Integrate cold butter into the dry mixture using a pastry cutter or fingertips, working until the texture resembles rough, uneven crumbs.
- Pour buttermilk into the crumbly mixture, gently folding with minimal stirring to maintain a light, tender consistency.
- Scoop generous dollops of dough onto the prepared baking sheet, spacing them slightly apart to allow for expansion during baking.
- Transfer the baking sheet to the preheated oven and bake for 12-15 minutes, watching for a rich golden-brown color across the biscuit tops.
- Optional: Enhance flavor by brushing the freshly baked biscuits with a thin layer of melted butter immediately after removing from the oven.
- Serve piping hot, accompanied by softened butter, drizzled honey, or as a complementary side to your main course.
Notes
- Enhance butter flavor by using cold, high-quality unsalted butter for flakier texture.
- Keep buttermilk cold and handle dough minimally to prevent tough biscuits and maintain tender crumb.
- Adjust dough consistency by adding more buttermilk if too dry or extra flour if too wet for perfect drop shape.
- Customize biscuits by adding herbs like rosemary or cheese like sharp cheddar for unique flavor variations.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Breakfast, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 8
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 1 g
- Sodium: 200 mg
- Fat: 9 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 23 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 20 mg