The Arkansas kid in me still loves biscuits. I have tried a variety of recipes, but now I have the one I'm sticking with. Yes, it has an obscene amount of butter in it. But maybe you just shouldn't worry about it for this one thing? I adapted it from Joanna Gaines Magnolia Table cookbook, and I just love it. The black pepper and cheddar cheese make them savory additions to breakfast, brunch, or dinner. You can make the dough ahead and cut the biscuits up to 3 days ahead, then pop them in the oven when you absolutely need to have them. I think you'll love them!
Ingredients
Directions
Mix together all dry ingredients.
Add cold butter pieces.
Using a pastry blender (or a couple of forks if you don't have that), blend the butter into the dry ingredients until the butter is in pea-sized pieces.
Add in shredded cheese and black pepper and stir in.
Add beaten eggs and stir in.
Add buttermilk and stir in, then mix with hands. It should be sticky, but not wet. Add flour or buttermilk to dry out or moisten. Refrigerate from 1 to 24 hours.
Spread some flour on a clean surface. Take dough out of the fridge and flatten with hands until you have a circle/square/rectangle/odd shape that is a little more than 1/2 inch thick.
Cut with biscuit cutter/glass/measuring cup/knife.
Cook at 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes, until tops are golden brown.
Take out and serve immediately! We you see how much butter goes into these, you know you don't need to addd butter. But just a little bit won't hurt, will it?
Ingredients
Directions
Mix together all dry ingredients.
Add cold butter pieces.
Using a pastry blender (or a couple of forks if you don't have that), blend the butter into the dry ingredients until the butter is in pea-sized pieces.
Add in shredded cheese and black pepper and stir in.
Add beaten eggs and stir in.
Add buttermilk and stir in, then mix with hands. It should be sticky, but not wet. Add flour or buttermilk to dry out or moisten. Refrigerate from 1 to 24 hours.
Spread some flour on a clean surface. Take dough out of the fridge and flatten with hands until you have a circle/square/rectangle/odd shape that is a little more than 1/2 inch thick.
Cut with biscuit cutter/glass/measuring cup/knife.
Cook at 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes, until tops are golden brown.
Take out and serve immediately! We you see how much butter goes into these, you know you don't need to addd butter. But just a little bit won't hurt, will it?
