This small batch of buttermilk biscuits are so easy and so tasty, and you don’t even need a fancy biscuit cutter to make them! These biscuits are dense and full of flavor. They pair nicely with a sausage patty for breakfast or taste delicious with chicken fried steak!
Tips to Making a Small Batch of Buttermilk Biscuits
- You can substitute the lard for shortening if you don’t have lard on hand.
- You can use all-purpose flour if you don’t have bread flour on hand.
- Butter and honey go great on a buttermilk biscuit.
Ingredient List
Bread Flour
Baking powder
Baking Soda
Sugar
Salt
Lard
Butter
Buttermilk
How to make the Small Batch of Buttermilk Biscuits
Preheat your oven to 400.
Begin by preparing a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Combine the flour, baking powder, soda, sugar and salt in a large bowl. Blend the dry ingredients in a large bowl.
Add the lard and butter and work them in using a pastry cutter, fork or your hands.
Pour in the buttermilk and mix the dough until most of the flour is absorbed.
Turn the dough out onto the prepared baking sheet and press out into rectangle shape about ¾ of an inch thick.
Fold over itself lengthwise and press back out to ¾ of an inch again. Repeat this process 4-6 times or until the dough come together. You should have a stiff dough that is not sticky.
Form the dough into a rectangle that is about 1 to 1 ½ inches thick. Cut into six squares with a pizza cutter or sharp knife.
Let the biscuits rise at room temperature until doubled in size, about an hour. Brush the tops of the biscuits with melted butter for a golden-brown top. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees and bake the biscuits in the oven for 15 to 20 minutes.
Small Batch Buttermilk Biscuits
Ingredients
- 2 cups Bread flour
- 2 tbsp Baking powder
- 1 tsp Baking soda
- 1 tbsp Sugar
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1/4 cup Lard
- 1/8 cup Butter
- 1 cup Buttermilk
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 400.
- Begin by preparing a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Combine the flour, baking powder, soda, sugar and salt in a large bowl. Blend the dry ingredients in a large bowl. Add the lard and butter and work them in using a pastry cutter, fork or your hands.
- Pour in the buttermilk and mix the dough until most of the flour is absorbed.
- Turn the dough out onto the prepared baking sheet and press out into rectangle shape about ¾ of an inch thick. Fold over itself length wise and press back out to ¾ of an inch again. Repeat this process 4-6 times or until the dough come together. You should have a stiff dough that is not sticky.
- Form the dough into a rectangle that is about 1 to 1 ½ inches thick. Cut into six squares with a pizza cutter or sharp knife.
- Let the biscuits rise at room temperature until doubled in size, about an hour. Brush the tops of the biscuits with melted butter for a golden-brown top. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees and bake the biscuits in the oven for 15 to 20 minutes.
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