Jamis Smart Buttermilk Biscuits Recipes

JAMI'S "SMART" BUTTERMILK BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 (425 convection).
• Line a baking pan with foil and spray with non stick spray.
• In a medium mixing bowl, combine dry ingredients.
• Add chopped spread and cut in with a pastry blender or 2 forks until a fine crumble is achieved.
• Add buttermilk and combine with a fork.
• Gradually add the milk until all the dry ingredients are moist and a loose moist dough is formed.
• Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface, knead with lightly floured hands. 8 to 10 turns or until the dough begins to tighten up a bit, careful not to over do it or your biscuts will be tough.
• Roll out to about 1/2 inch thickness. Cut out with a 2" biscut cutter or a glass dipped in flour will work as well. Should yeild 8 to 10 biscuts.
• Arrange on the baking sheet with the sides lightly touching.
• Baking 15 to 20 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Remove and serve warm.
• These are great with a little butter and honey.

THE BEST FLAKY BUTTERMILK BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar and salt in a medium bowl. Rub 2 tablespoons of the cold butter into the flour with your fingertips until completely absorbed. Work the remaining 8 tablespoons of cold butter into the flour with your fingertips until pea-size bits of butter remain. Use a rubber spatula to stir the buttermilk into the flour until the mixture comes together into a shaggy dough. (Don't overmix the dough.)
• Lightly flour a cutting board or work surface, turn the dough out onto it and pat into a rectangle. Fold the dough in half and pat again into a 1/2-inch-thick rectangle. Then fold the dough in thirds, as if folding a letter, and pat to an even thickness. Cut out biscuits with a 2 1/2-inch round biscuit cutter and put on the prepared baking sheet. Press together the remaining scraps of dough. Pat out and fold the dough into thirds again and cut out more biscuits. Brush the biscuit tops with buttermilk.
• Bake until the tops are lightly browned, about 15 minutes. Cool on the pan at least 5 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.

SAVORY BUTTERMILK BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees with racks set in the upper and lower thirds of the oven. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper; set aside.
• In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, and baking soda. Transfer half of the dry ingredients to the bowl of a food processor. Add butter and pulse until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs, with some larger pieces still remaining. Return this mixture back to the bowl with the rest of the dry ingredients. Add herbs, if using, and stir to combine.
• Make a well in the center and gradually add buttermilk, stirring with a fork or wooden spoon until large clumps form; do not allow a dough to form in the bowl. Turn mixture out onto a lightly floured work surface, and using lightly floured hands, knead two or three times just until a dough forms.
• Pat dough into an 8-by-8-inch square. Using a sharp knife, cut 2-inch square biscuits, or use a 2-inch round cutter, and transfer to prepared baking sheet, spacing 2 inches apart. Brush tops with buttermilk. Transfer to oven and bake until golden brown, about 12 minutes.