Miss Phyllis' Homemade Buttermilk Biscuits

Miss Phyllis’ Homemade Buttermilk Biscuits Prep time: 5 minutes Cook time: 30 minutes Ingredients: 1) 4 cups self rising flour 2) 1 heaping teaspoon of baking powder 3) 8 Tablespoons salted butter (1 stick) 4) 1 Tablespoon of vegetable shortening (or nonstick spray) 5) 2 cups of whole buttermilk Steps: (preheat oven to 450 degrees) 1) Mix flour and baking powder into a medium sized mixing bowl 2) Incorporate 6 tablespoons of butter into flour mixture until there are no large butter pieces. Set 2 tablespoons aside for later. - Tip: Set butter aside 20 minutes at room temperature to soften 3) Pour 2 cups of buttermilk into flour/butter mixture and mix together until no dry flour mixture remains - Tip: Don't overmix/overhandle dough or biscuits may turn out dense 4) Turn out biscuit dough on lightly floured surface and lightly flour top 5) Press out dough until ½ inch thick - Tip: Don’t “over work” the dough; again, it’ll make the biscuits dense 6) Cut out biscuits to desired size 7) Grease cookie sheet or skillet with shortening or nonstick spray - Tip: Put into the oven 5 minutes before putting biscuits on--bottoms will be a little crispier 8) Place biscuits on cooking surface and place in 450 degree oven 9) Check biscuits at 15-20 minutes. Brush tops with melted 2 tablespoons of butter set aside earlier. 10) Cook until tops of biscuits are golden brown (approximately 10 more minutes). Here is Mom’s original Butter Biscuit video that inspired this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjhqWMWhUs4&t=137s