Description
Delicious homemade biscuits made with sourdough starter and buttermilk.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour plus more for dusting
- 2 tablespoons aluminum-free baking powder
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ cup (1 stick or 113 grams) unsalted butter, very cold, cubed
- ¾ cup + 2 tablespoons buttermilk, cold, divided
- ½ cup (113 grams) sourdough starter discard
- 1 tablespoon honey
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 425℉.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Add the cold, cubed butter to the dry ingredients. Use your fingertips to gently pinch and spread the butter into thin sheets.
- In a small bowl, whisk together ¾ cup of buttermilk, sourdough discard, and honey until well combined. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and pour the wet mixture into it.
- Gently fold the ingredients together until they start to form a dough, being careful not to overwork it.
- Dump the dough onto a lightly-floured work surface and bring it together into a mound. Flatten it into a rectangle about ¾-inch thick.
- Fold one side of the rectangle into the center, then the other side. Turn the dough horizontally and flatten it again. Repeat this folding process three times before flattening it into the final rectangle.
- Using a 2 ½-inch circular biscuit cutter, cut the dough into biscuits by pressing straight down without twisting.
- Gather the scraps, form them into a rectangle, and continue cutting until all dough is used, yielding around 12 biscuits.
- Arrange the biscuits in a 10-inch cast iron skillet or close together on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Lightly brush the tops of the biscuits with the remaining 2 tablespoons of buttermilk.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes or until the tops turn golden brown. Remove from the oven and serve warm.
Notes
- Baking powder must be aluminum-free for best results.
- Use very cold butter for flaky biscuits.
- Adjust baking time based on your oven’s performance.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Baked Goods
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 biscuit
- Calories: 200
- Sugar: 1g
- Sodium: 300mg
- Fat: 9g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 28g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 25mg