Best Buttermilk Biscuits

Total Time: 27 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1 cup butter, chilled
• 1 1/4 cups buttermilk

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 450°f.
• 2 in a large mixing bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, sugar, salt and cream of tartar.
• 3 slice butter into cubes and cut into flour mixture until pea-sized crumbs form.
• 4 add buttermilk and stir with a fork untl mixture is moistened.
• 5 turn dough onto a lightly floured surface, kneeding and folding dough until it holds together. be careful not to handle too much, or the biscuits will become tough and butter will melt.
• 6 with a lightly floured rolling pin, roll dough until 1/4-inch thick. cut out biscuits with a 2 1/2-inch biscuit cutter and place 1 inch apart on an ungreased baking sheet. bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until raised and golden brown.
• 7 serve warm.