How to Make High-Rise Buttermilk Biscuits - A Step-by-Step Guide

There's nothing quite like the taste of a freshly baked buttermilk biscuit. The crisp, golden exterior gives way to a light, fluffy interior that practically melts in your mouth. And when it comes to homemade biscuits, there's one recipe that delivers that perfect combination of texture and flavor: high-rise buttermilk biscuits.

These biscuits are a classic southern staple, and for good reason. They're simple to make, require just a handful of basic ingredients, and always turn out be...

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Ingredients

  • 4 cups cake flour
  • 2 ½ tablespoons aluminum-free baking powder
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • ½ cup cold unsalted butter, cut into small chunks
  • 1 ⅓ cups buttermilk, or more as needed
  • 1 tablespoon salted butter, melted

Information

  • Prep Time: 30 mins
  • Cook Time: 15 mins
  • Additional Time: 10 mins
  • Total Time: 55 mins
  • Servings: 9

  • Preheat the oven to 500 degrees F (260 degrees C).
  • Mix flour, baking powder, and salt together in the bowl of a stand mixer with a paddle attachment. Add unsalted butter and mix at medium speed until well incorporated and mixture resembles wet sand, about 4 minutes.
  • Remove the bowl from the mixer and fold in buttermilk until dough sticks together.
  • Dump dough onto a flour work surface; pat into a rectangle. Pat remaining dry crumbs into mixture by hand.
  • Cut dough in half with a floured bench knife; stack cut halves on top of each other. Press layers together to about 1 1/2-inch thickness, shaping a long rectangle as you go. Repeat 3 to 5 times.
  • Cut dough into 8 even squares with the bench knife. Cut off uneven edges and put these scraps to the side; clean cuts on all sides will encourage rise. Pat scraps together to make 1 odd-shaped ninth biscuit.
  • Place biscuits close together in a 9-inch square pan and brush with melted salted butter. Place pan on top of the warm stove for 10 to 15 minutes to rise.
  • Bake biscuits in the preheated oven, checking halfway through bake time, until tops are golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 14 to 18 minutes.
  • Nutrition

    349 cal.

    • Total Fat: 12g
    • Saturated Fat: 8g
    • Cholesterol: 32mg
    • Sodium: 973mg
    • Total Carbohydrate: 53g
    • Dietary Fiber: 1g
    • Total Sugars: 2g
    • Protein: 7g
    • Vitamin C: 0mg
    • Calcium: 280mg
    • Iron: 5mg
    • Potassium: 126mg