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White Lily Biscuits with Buttermilk and Butter
The butter in biscuits creates steam and pushes the layers up while melting away to leave a space. The bigger the pieces of butter, the more layers!
Ingredients
  • - ½ cup butter (1 stick), frozen⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⁠⁠
  • - 2 ½ cups self-rising flour⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⁠⁠
  • - 1 cup chilled buttermilk⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⁠⁠
  • - 2 tablespoons butter, melted⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⁠⁠
  • - Parchment paper⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⁠⁠
  • - Grater⁠⠀⁠
Steps
  1. 1️⃣ Preheat oven to 475°. ⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⁠⁠
  2. 2️⃣ Grate frozen butter (ideally your butter is frozen overnight) ⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⁠⁠
  3. 3️⃣ Add 2 ½ cup flour and toss to quickly distribute. Chill in the freezer for 10 minutes. ⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⁠⁠
  4. 4️⃣ Make a well in the flour and add buttermilk straight from the fridge. Stir 15 times or until the flour is moistened. ⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⁠⁠
  5. 5️⃣ Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and shape it into a rectangle. Fold dough in half, turn, and press it into a rectangle again. Repeat 4 times ⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⁠⁠
  6. 6️⃣ Flour your rolling pin and roll dough to ½-inch thickness.⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⁠⁠
  7. 7️⃣ Cut with a 2 ½-inch floured round cutter, making sure not to twist the biscuits.⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⁠⁠
  8. 8️⃣ Line a baking sheet with parchment, and arrange biscuits close together. Bake for 15 minutes at 475⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⁠⁠
  9. 9️⃣ Melt 2 tbsp of butter and brush tops after removing from oven.
 

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