Southern Style Biscuits

Despite being a Calgarian for a long time and always promoting our local businesses, a neat Jenelle fact for you: I actually grew up in the south! My dad’s work took us down to Florida and North Carolina (Tar Heels forever) for the majority of my childhood. And it would be remiss if I didn’t pick up a little bit of that southern-style cooking! I still hold onto a few southern things all these years later - my love of country music, southern woman scorn (it’s a thing), some conservative views… and making these homemade biscuits on a Saturday morning!

It's all about the buttermilk in this recipe - regular milk won’t cut it if you are looking for a buttery fluffy biscuit. And if you’ve been following my other recipes, this pairs nicely with my strawberry rhubarb jam.

Prep Time: 10 min Total time: 30 min Servings: Roughly 10 biscuits

Ingredients:

2 1/2 cups of flour

2 tsp of baking powder

1/2 tsp of baking soda

1/4 tsp of salt

5 tbsp of chilled butter

1 cup of buttermilk

Instructions:

Step 1. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and preheat oven to 450 degrees.

Step 2: Mix all dry ingredients, then cut the butter in with a pastry cutter.

Step 3: Make a hole in the middle of the bowl and pour the buttermilk into the middle

Step 4. Mix slowly until the dry ingredients come together into a dough - do not overwork the dough.

Step 5. Place on a floured surface and roll until an inch thick- then fold it over itself until it is an inch again.

Step 6. Roll out the dough again very gently until 1 inch thick.

Step 7. Cut the dough with a biscuit cutter or drinking glass- do not twist it when cutting.

Step 8. Place on your baking sheet and bake for 10 min until golden brown.