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August 20, 2014 by: Ashley Greenwood

School of Southern Cooking: Buttermilk Biscuits

When I was a little girl, our family would travel to my grandmother’s for Sunday dinner. The table was overflowing with fried chicken, macaroni and cheese, and fresh from the oven biscuits.

Those warm, flaky biscuits were always my favorite. So I’m sharing the love with my children by learning how to bake Buttermilk Biscuits in my School of Southern Cooking this week.

School of Southern Cooking: Buttermilk Biscuits by 3 Little Greenwoods

The oven will need to be smoking hot for the biscuits to rise. So before you begin to mix the ingredients, preheat the oven to 475 degrees.

Get started by sifting all the dry ingredients (flour, salt, and sugar) into a large mixing bowl. My children love helping in the kitchen and using their great-grandmother’s sifter is their favorite!

kids help cook

Next, use a fork to cut in the shortening and cold butter until the mixture is coarse. It should look like medium sized crumbles.  Add buttermilk, whole milk, and water. Mix gently until lightly combined.

Do not over mix! Over mixing will turn tender flaky biscuits into little hard hockey pucks. Trust me on this.

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Pour mixture out onto a floured surface. Knead dough 2 or 3 times. With floured hands, pat out the dough to 1/2 inch thickness.

simple biscuits

Use a floured biscuit cutter or can to cut out biscuits. A fancy, smancy crystal glass will work just fine too! 😉

recipe

Do not twist the cutter when cutting out the biscuits; press straight down. Any leftover dough can be kneaded back together and cut. Hint: If making for breakfast sandwiches, knead the dough a few extra times and cut biscuits 1″ thick.

Place the biscuits on a lightly greased pan and bake for 10-12 until golden brown. Remove from the oven a brush with melted butter.

biscuits for breakfast

School of Southern Cooking: Buttermilk Biscuits by 3 Little Greenwoods

buttermilk biscuits

Slathered with butter, smeared with jelly, or drizzled with honey, these easy to make Buttermilk Biscuits are the best!

easy biscuit recipe

The proof of their tastiness is on this empty plate. My picky eater Little Boy loved them!

biscuit recipe

I have made this recipe four times in one week. Every time they have popped out of the oven, my family has eaten each and every one. The boys loved the Buttermilk Biscuits so much they requested them for their First Day of School breakfast.

Kinda like a last meal before the chopping block of starting school again. Poor littles. Their Mama is so happy to have them back in school! 😉

School of Southern Cooking: Buttermilk Biscuits by 3 Little Greenwoods

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Comments

  1. 1

    lisa says

    August 20, 2014 at 6:42 am

    Southern Biscuits are my weakness & favorite! I have shared! Thanks for posting.

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      3littlegreenwoods says

      August 20, 2014 at 4:29 pm

      These biscuits are so yummy! Thanks for the bloggy love!
      ~ Ashley

      Reply
  2. 3

    Jen@JENerallyInformed says

    August 20, 2014 at 9:35 am

    Oh my goodness, these look wonderful. Just pinned and I am going to try and make this 🙂

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    • 4

      3littlegreenwoods says

      August 20, 2014 at 4:25 pm

      You have got to make these biscuits for your family. They will love you for it!
      ~ Ashley

      Reply
  3. 5

    Jen @ Migonis Home says

    August 20, 2014 at 8:41 pm

    Looks great! I want to try these!!!

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    • 6

      3littlegreenwoods says

      August 23, 2014 at 2:51 pm

      Betcha can’t make just one batch of this yummy biscuits!
      ~ Ashley

      Reply
  4. 7

    Heather {Woods of Bell Trees} says

    August 21, 2014 at 2:29 am

    Yummy, yum. yumville! Girl can I come over for dinner? I enjoy a delicious homecooked meal, but I don’t like making it! 😀

    Reply
    • 8

      3littlegreenwoods says

      August 23, 2014 at 2:49 pm

      Doesn’t everything taste better when you don’t have to cook it? 😉
      ~ Ashley

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    LyndaS says

    August 21, 2014 at 1:35 pm

    That’s so sweet that your children can use their great-grandmother’s sifter to make biscuits. Such sweet moments.

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    • 10

      3littlegreenwoods says

      August 23, 2014 at 2:47 pm

      They think that sifter is the coolest thing ever! I loved your biscuit recipe too. 😉
      ~ Ashley

      Reply
  6. 11

    Kelley says

    August 22, 2014 at 12:01 am

    Yes, please! These look delicious Ashley! I love a good buttermilk biscuit!

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    • 12

      3littlegreenwoods says

      August 23, 2014 at 2:44 pm

      I had no idea biscuits were so simple to make. Thanks so much for hosting your fun and creavite party!
      ~ Ashley

      Reply
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    Oliva Ohlson says

    August 22, 2014 at 12:46 am

    So yummy!!! I’ve never tried to make biscuits thinking I would make a mess of it; but I may just give it a try and follow your directions to a tee! TFS

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    • 14

      3littlegreenwoods says

      August 23, 2014 at 2:44 pm

      This Buttermilk Biscuit recipe is very easy to make! I hope you try it. 😉
      ~ Ashley

      Reply
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    Jenny says

    August 23, 2014 at 12:34 pm

    These look delicious! I can’t wait to try it! I know my kids will love it…the love rolls.

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      3littlegreenwoods says

      August 23, 2014 at 2:32 pm

      My kids keep asking me to make these yummy biscuits! Hope your family loved them too.

      Thanks so much for hosting your fun party!
      ~ Ashley

      Reply
  9. 17

    Michal says

    August 24, 2014 at 5:44 pm

    They look so good! Thank you for sharing!

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    • 18

      3littlegreenwoods says

      August 26, 2014 at 2:14 pm

      Thank you so much! I’m so excited you like my buttermilk biscuit recipe!
      ~ Ashley

      Reply
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    Jess says

    August 25, 2014 at 12:14 pm

    OMG these sound completely amazing!

    Thanks for joining the Link Up this week!

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    Debbie says

    August 26, 2014 at 1:17 am

    These biscuits sound so nice! I love shortbread and any biscuit that flakes in the mouth. I’m going to save this recipe for the winter, but I’ll have to substitute the buttermilk with Greek natural yogurt, fingers crossed it doesn’t make too much of a difference.

    Found your recipe on the #SHINEbloghop.

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    • 21

      3littlegreenwoods says

      August 26, 2014 at 2:03 pm

      I would love to know if the yogurt substitution worked. Good luck!
      ~ Ashley

      Reply
  12. 22

    Sarah says

    August 26, 2014 at 9:23 am

    Oooh I have been craving homemade biscuits for awhile. The canned ones just don’t cut it. I will have to try making these this week, we usually have one night a week that we have breakfast for dinner. These would be great with sausage and gravy 🙂

    Thank you for sharing this past week with the SHINE Blog Hop!

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    • 23

      3littlegreenwoods says

      August 26, 2014 at 10:58 am

      Mmmm… biscuits and sausage gravy sounds so yummy!

      Reply
  13. 24

    Elizabeth says

    August 26, 2014 at 6:10 pm

    Mmmm. I love buttermilk biscuits. These are one of my favorites!

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    Kristy GD says

    August 26, 2014 at 8:17 pm

    Aw man, I’ve gotta learn to not check out these links around dinner time. I want to make these! And every other thing I’ve come across. Pinned for later. Maybe this weekend I’ll find the time. 🙂

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    Jann Olson says

    August 26, 2014 at 11:21 pm

    Yummy, nothing quite like a homemade biscuit! Thanks for sharing the recipe with SYC. Pinned.
    hugs,
    Jann

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    Michelle from Weekend Craft says

    August 27, 2014 at 7:18 am

    The former southern in me just couldnt resist featuring these this week on the creative spark link party! Stop by and check out your feature and link up again! http://bit.ly/1pGnzMf

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    Kathleen @ Fearlessly Creative Mammas says

    August 31, 2014 at 10:23 pm

    Hi Ashley. These look amazing. They bring back such happy memories of growing up and Sunday dinners. (My parents are Southerns) Thank you for linking up to Tips and Tricks. You will be this week’s feature on Fearlessly Creative Mammas. We hope you will come over and link up again. Have a wonderful week.

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    • 29

      3littlegreenwoods says

      September 8, 2014 at 6:28 pm

      Yay! Thanks so much for the super fun party and the feature!
      ~ Ashley

      Reply

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