Light And Fluffy Buttermilk Biscuits

Total Time: 27 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter, chilled plus 1/2 stick, melted
• 3/4 cup buttermilk

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• 2 sift together flour, baking powder, sugar, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt into a bowl.
• 3 cut in the 1 stick of chilled butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. make a well in center of flour mixture; add buttermilk all at once and stir just until dough clings together.
• 4 gently knead dough about 10-12 times on a floured surface.
• 5 pat dough out to 1/2 inch think.
• 6 cut dough with a 2 1/2 inch biscuit cutter or a glass.
• 7 dredge buiscuits in the 1/2 stick melted butter.
• 8 bake for 10-12 minutes, until golden.