Flaky Buttermilk Biscuits

The most perfect, flaky, and delicious biscuits every single time you make them.

Ingredients:

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour plus more for dusting

2 tablespoons baking powder

1 teaspoon sugar

1 teaspoon salt

8 tablespoons cold butter

1 cup buttermilk

2 tablespoons butter melted to brush on top

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 425°F.

Sift flour, baking powder, sugar and salt into a large mixing bowl.

Transfer to a food processor.

Cut butter into cubes and add to flour, then pulse 6 or 7 times until the mixture resembles rough crumbs. (Alternatively, cut butter into flour in the mixing bowl using a grater, fork or a pastry cutter.)

Return dough to bowl, add buttermilk and stir with a fork until it forms a rough ball (don’t worry if it is a little sticky).

Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and roll it into a rough rectangle, about an inch thick. Fold it over and gently roll it down again. Repeat 6 times.

Gently roll out the dough some more, so that it forms a rectangle.

Cut dough into biscuits using a floured glass or biscuit cutter. Do not twist cutter when cutting; this will crimps the edges of the biscuit causing it not to rise.

If you have scraps just reform a rectangle and cut additional biscuits.

Place biscuits on a baking sheet.

Bake until golden brown, approximately 9 to 12 minutes.

Brush on the melted butter and enjoy!