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Lighter Buttermilk Biscuits

These Lighter Buttermilk Biscuits are tender and have layers of flaky buttery goodness. Only 5 ingredients and ready in about 30 minutes!
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Resting time 10 minutes
Total Time 32 minutes
Course Baking, Bread, Side Dish
Cuisine American
Servings 9 biscuits
Calories 180 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 5 tbsp chilled butter cut into small pieces keep in fridge until ready to add to flour mixture
  • 3/4 cup fat-free buttermilk see recipe notes for buttermilk substitute
  • 3 tbsp honey

Instructions
 

Keep butter and buttermilk in fridge until ready to mix with dry ingredients.

  • Preheat oven to 400°F
  • Spoon flour into measuring cup and level with a knife. Add to a large mixing bowl along with the baking powder and salt.
  • Remove butter from the fridge and add cut pieces to the flour mixture. Break up butter with a pastry cutter until it resembles pea size crumbs. Chill for 10 minutes in freezer.
  • Combine buttermilk and honey with a whisk until blended. Add to flour mixture once chilled and stir just until moist. It may still be a little crumbly, that's okay! Be careful not to overmix the dough.
  • Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and knead dough 3-4 times. Roll dough into a (1/2-inch-thick) 9×5 inch rectangle. sprinkle a little flour on top of the dough. Fold the dough into thirds like you're folding a piece of paper for an envelope. Re-roll the dough into the same 1/2-inch thickness and 9×5 inch rectangle. sprinkle a little flour on top. Repeat steps one more time. Cut into 2 1/2 -3 inch circles with biscuit cutter. Re-roll scrapes until all the dough is used. You should have about 9-10 biscuits.
  • Place biscuits onto a silicone lined sheet pan. It's okay if the biscuits are close together. Bake in preheated oven for 10-12 minutes. Mine takes 10 minutes exactly.
  • Remove from oven and let cool slightly before enjoying. Best served warm.

Notes

Buttermilk substitute: Buttermilk is best but if you don't have that on hand you can mix 3/4 cup milk with 1 tablespoon of white vinegar. Let set for 5 minutes.
Calories are per biscuit.
Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy only and should be understood as an estimate rather than a guarantee. The Menu Maid makes no guarantees to the accuracy of this information.
Keyword All-purpose flour, Baking powder, Biscuits, Butter, Buttermilk, Honey