These melt in your mouth and are amazing smothered with country sausage gravy, or eat with fresh blackberry jam, or even alone! This will quickly become your favorite go-to biscuit recipe! #sonomnom4u #buttermilkbiscuits #vegetarian
2 cups bread/pizza flour (+ more for rolling)
1 TBSP baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 TBSP granulated sugar
1/4 cup butter (+3 TBSP for brushing)
1 cup cold buttermilk
2 TBSP mayonnaise
Preheat oven to 425°F
Sift the following ingredients together over a large bowl: flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda, and sugar.
Cut in 1/4 cup butter until flour contains a mix of small butter pellats all throughout. add buttermilk and mix until dough is sticky. Pour sticky dough onto a well-floured work area and flip dough to coat boath sides with flour. Don't overflour! Keep dough as sticky as you can. This is the secret to a perfect biscuit!
Roll dough out to 1" thick. and cut biscuits using a large glass, a biscuit cutter, or an extra-wide mason jar lid ring. Go straight down with cutter. Do not twist or turn. Cut straight down and up. Place side by side, touching on a baking stone, iron skillet or a baking pan. Brush each top slightly with mayonnaise on a basting brush.
Bake about 13-16 minutes or until golden. Remove from heat, brush the top of each biscuit with with melted butter.
Serve fresh!
THESE FREEZE WELL, TOO!
