Southern Fluffy Biscuits Pillowy Goodness From The Heart Of Dixie

Hey y'all! Hope you are doing well. Today I am sharing our light and fluffy southern biscuit recipe.

I made a video showing how I make it. You can find that here.

To a cup add 1/4 cup of water and 1 tablespoon of yeast, mix this together and set it aside.

Now mix up the dry ingredients. To a bowl add in 2 1/2 cups of flour, 1 teaspoon of baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda, 1 teaspoon of salt and 3 tablespoons sugar.

Then take a stick of butter and cut it up into smaller pieces. Cut it into the flour. To do this I mash the butter with my fingers into the flour. Do this until all the flour mixture is a crumbly texture.

Add in the yeast mixture.

As well as 1 cup of buttermilk. If you don't have this you can use 1 cup of milk and add in 1 tablespoon of lemon juice or vinegar. Let this sit for about 5 minutes. We prefer this to real buttermilk.

Mix all of this together until it is well incorporated.

Cover and let this rise in a warm spot until it is doubled in size.

The dough will be very sticky. Scrape it out onto a well floured board. Flip the dough out and

knead it 4-6 times. Roll out the dough and cut them with a biscuit cutter. I have tried this without the extra flour and they were very flat and crumbly.

Place them on a greased pan and let them rise 30 minutes in a warm place.

Bake at 300 degrees F for 7 minutes turn and bake 7 more minutes. (Your

baking time may vary depending on the appliance you are using)

Serve and Enjoy! Note: These also freeze well!

For a printable version of this recipe click here.

Fluffy Southern Biscuits

Yields: about a dozen

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup water

• 1 tablespoon yeast

• 2 1/2 cups flour

• 1 teaspoon baking powder

• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

• 1 teaspoon salt

• 3 tablespoons sugar

• 1/2 cup of butter

• 1 cup buttermilk or 1 cup of milk with a tablespoon of vinegar or

lemon juice

Dissolve the yeast in water. Mix the dry ingredients and cut in the

butter. Stir in buttermilk and yeast mixture. Cover the bowl and

let it sit for 1 hour in a warm place. The dough will be very sticky.

Scrape out onto a well floured board. Flip the dough out and

knead 4-6 times. Roll out and cut with a biscuit cutter. Place on a

greased pan and let them rise 30 minutes in a warm place. Bake at

300 degrees F for 7 minutes turn and bake 7 more minutes. (Your

baking time may vary depending on the appliance you are using)

Serve and Enjoy!

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