However, if you do want lots of flaky layers, use the fold & flatten method. Sometimes I don’t want a biscuit with lots of flaky layers, like when I know I’m going to smother them with gravy. Only for recipes where you want lots of flaky layers. Fold & Flatten method: This method is not used for all biscuit recipes.TIPS FOR MAKING BISCUITS WITH FLAKY LAYERS (see pictures below) They rise taller when placed with sides touching. Place with sides touching in a pan: Place biscuits as close together as possible, preferably with sides touching.
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Click hereto see how to test baking powder for freshness. It’s very important to check your baking powder for freshness.
Baking powder is what causes biscuits to rise tall.
Baking Powder: Baking powder is a star ingredient in almost all biscuit recipes. Why not twist? Because if you twist the cutter, you will not only smoosh the sides of the dough, resulting in uneven biscuits, but you will seal the edges of the dough preventing them from rising. This is something my mother taught me when I was 5 years old in the kitchen. Press the cutter straight down and pull it straight up from the dough. 
Cutting the biscuits: Do not twist the biscuit cutter, and dip it in flour between each cut. Dump it onto a lightly floured work surface where you’ll add more flour as you fold it. The dough will be wet and messy but that’s okay. Once all of the dry ingredients are wet, stop! See the picture above. Once you’ve added the wet to the dry ingredients, use a spatula or wooden spoon to gently fold the dry ingredients into the wet. Working the dough: Do not overwork the dough. Make sure you use cold full-fat buttermilk. Buttermilk: Buttermilk adds a tangy richness to biscuits, and because it’s acidic, it adds tenderness to baked goods such as biscuits. Why coldbutter? As the biscuits bake, the small chunks of butter slowly melt into the biscuits, creating air pockets which in turn make the biscuits nice and airy. If you don’t have a pastry blender, use a fork and a knife. Cut the butter into small pieces and cut it into the dough with a pastry blender. Butter: It’s imperative to use very cold butter in your biscuit dough. If you follow my easy tips below, you’ll make perfect biscuits every time, and once you see how easy it is to make them, you’ll never buy canned biscuits again. Whether they were hot or cold, I loved them.īiscuits are one of the easiest breads to make. 
I’d share them with my pony, sit on a swinging bridge and eat them while I played my harmonica or sometimes I’d share one with the birds. Oh wait, I think I have!!ĭid you know, there are many different types of biscuits, flaky layered, soft & airy, drop biscuits, cathead biscuits, cream cheese biscuits…too many to name! When I was a little girl, (tomboy), my mom would wrap up the leftover biscuits from breakfast and let me take them with me on my day of adventures in the woods. I’ve been making biscuits since I was 5 years old with my mom and I could eat my weight in biscuits. HAPPY NATIONAL BISCUIT DAY!!! I posted this recipe exactly 3 years ago on National Biscuit Day, and I’m reposting it today with some updated tips. Made with buttermilk, they are tender, buttery, and flaky, and they take no time to make. These Tender & Flaky Buttermilk Biscuits will become your favorite.
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