Buttermilk Biscuits

Name: Buttermilk Biscuits
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 10 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 c. self-rising flour, plus at least 1 cup more for dusting work surface; 1/2 stick butter, at room temperature, cut into small pieces; plus 1 tablespoon, melted; 1/4 c. cream cheese, at room temperature; 3/4 c. buttermilk

By Carrie MoreyPublished: Oct 4, 2013

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Yields:

10 serving(s)

Prep Time:

20 mins

Total Time:

40 mins

Cal/Serv:

268

Cream cheese is the surprise ingredient in these bite-size delights.

Recipes adapted from Callie's Biscuits & Southern Traditions by Carrie Morey.

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Ingredients

2 cups self-rising flour, plus at least 1 cup more for dusting work surface
1/2 stick butter, at room temperature, cut into small pieces; plus 1 tablespoon, melted
1/4 cup cream cheese, at room temperature
3/4 cup buttermilk

Directions

1. Step 1Preheat oven to 500°F, with a rack set in the middle. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine 2 cups flour, butter pieces, and cream cheese, using your fingers to cut in the butter and cream cheese until the mixture resembles cottage cheese. Make a well in the center of the mixture. Add the buttermilk, and mix with your hands or a small rubber spatula.
2. Step 2Sprinkle flour over the dough. Run a rubber spatula between the bowl and the dough, then sprinkle the exposed dough with more flour.
3. Step 3Turn dough out onto a well-floured surface. Generously sprinkle dough and rolling pin with flour. Roll out to a 1/2-inch-thick oval. (Do not knead.)
4. Step 4Pour about 1/2 cup flour into a small bowl. Dip a 2-inch square metal biscuit cutter (see Note) into the flour; then cut out biscuits, dipping the cutter back into the flour as needed (as long as the dough remains wet on the inside, you can use as much flour on the outside as needed to handle it). Gather excess dough, roll it out to a 1/2-inch-thick oval, and continue cutting biscuits as above. Place biscuits, sides touching, in a cast-iron skillet or baking pan fitted with parchment. Brush the tops of the biscuits with melted butter.
5. Step 5Place pan in the oven and immediately reduce temperature to 450°F. Bake biscuits until tops are golden, 16 to 18 minutes, rotating halfway through.