Ingredients
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- 2 1/2 cups All-Purpose Flour
- 1 tbsp. Baking Powder
- 1/2 tsp. Baking Soda
- 1 1/2 tsp. Salt
- 1 stick Butter – cold + cut into chunks
- 1 cup + 2 tbsp. Buttermilk – cold
- 2 tbsp. Honey
- Flaky Sea Salt – for topping
- Buttermilk – for topping
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 425-degrees. Grease a 9-inch cast-iron skillet with butter or line a baking sheet with parchment paper, set aside.
- In a food processor, pulse together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cold butter – just until the cold butter is broken down into pea-sized chunks. Be careful not to over-blend this.
- Put this mixture into a mixing bowl and let it chill in your freezer for 15 minutes.
- After the mixture has had time to cool down, make a well in the center of the mixture. Pour in the buttermilk and honey.
- Using a silicone spatula or wooden spoon, gently mix the buttermilk and honey into the flour mixture. You are just tossing this together and not mixing very hard. We just want the buttermilk to be soaked into the flour. (Be sure to reference the photos above for how the dough should look for the next few steps.)
- Once you have a shaggy looking dough and don’t see any more runny buttermilk, turn the dough out onto a floured work surface.
- Using your hands, gently press the dough into a 1-inch thick rectangle.
- Fold 1/3 of the dough over itself towards the center in a letter-fold. (see photos above)
- Fold the other 1/3 side of the dough into the center as well. Now you should have a smaller rectangle.
- Gently press this rectangle down so it is not so tall, and then do the letter-fold process again. Fold 1/3 over into the center, followed by the other side. Again making a smaller rectangle.
- After you have finished the 2 rounds of letter-folds, carefully roll the dough out into a 1-inch thick rectangle or square.
- Using a 3-inch biscuit cutter or a cup, cut out your biscuits. Be sure to press straight down, don’t twist the cutter around. This could seal the sides of your biscuits and then they won’t rise.
- Place your biscuits on your prepared baking sheet or skillet.
- Brush the tops with buttermilk and sprinkle with flaky sea salt.
- Bake at 425-degrees for 15 – 17 minutes.
Keywords: Buttermilk, Biscuits, Butter, Flaky