Equally delicious slathered with jam and honey for breakfast, filled with meat and cheese for lunch, or brushed with garlic butter for dinner, these biscuits will be your go-to for every meal.
Ingredients
3½ cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon kosher salt
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 cup cold unsalted butter, cubed
1 cup cold whole buttermilk
Instructions
Preheat oven to 425°.
In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder. Using a pastry blender, cut in cold butter until mixture is crumbly and butter is the size of peas. Using a fork, stir in cold buttermilk until a shaggy dough forms.
Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface. Pat dough into a 10×8-inch rectangle, and cut into fourths. Stack pieces of dough on top of each other, and pat or roll into a rectangle again. Repeat process three more times. Pat or roll dough to ¾-inch thickness. Using a 2½-inch round cutter dipped in flour, cut dough without twisting cutter. Gently reroll and cut scraps once. Place biscuits on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Freeze until cold, about 10 minutes.
Place biscuits 1 inch apart on a cast-iron baking pan or smooth side of a cast-iron griddle.
Bake until top is golden brown 10 to 15 minutes. Serve warm with desired toppings.
Notes
KITCHEN TIP: If you prefer softer sides to your biscuits, place biscuit cutouts on pan with sides touching, or bake biscuits in a 12-inch skillet. Baking time may be longer if using a skillet.
Recipe by Southern Cast Iron at https://southerncastiron.com/best-ever-biscuits/