Description
Southern comfort shines through these butter swim biscuits with golden, crispy edges and a tender interior. Rich buttermilk and melted butter create a heavenly experience you’ll crave again and again.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 ½ cups (318 grams) all-purpose flour
- 2 cups (480 milliliters) buttermilk
- 1 stick (113 grams or 4 oz) butter
- 4 teaspoons (tsp) baking powder
- 2 teaspoons (tsp) salt
- 4 teaspoons (tsp) sugar
Instructions
- Oven Preparation: Ignite the oven to a blazing 450°F, establishing an optimal environment for crafting golden, crisp biscuits.
- Dry Ingredient Fusion: Merge flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt in a capacious mixing bowl, whisking until the components intertwine seamlessly into a uniform landscape.
- Dough Composition: Integrate buttermilk into the dry mixture, stirring gently to cultivate a textured, slightly rough dough with minimal manipulation.
- Butter Transformation and Pan Coating: Melt butter in the microwave, then lavishly pour the liquid gold across a square baking dish, ensuring complete bottom coverage and creating a rich foundation.
- Dough Placement and Portioning: Delicately spread the dough across the butter-drenched pan, allowing it to naturally conform to the dish’s contours, then strategically slice into nine distinct segments to promote even baking and effortless separation.
- Baking Metamorphosis: Transfer the pan into the preheated oven, allowing the biscuits to undergo a 20-25 minute transformation, emerging with a sumptuous golden-brown exterior that promises irresistible texture and flavor.
- Cooling and Presentation: Retrieve the baking dish, granting the biscuits a brief moment to stabilize before unveiling these decadent, butter-infused culinary gems.
Notes
- Preheat Precisely: Oven temperature matters critically – 450°F creates perfect golden exterior and ensures crispy, flaky texture.
- Mix Masterfully: Whisk dry ingredients thoroughly to prevent lumpy spots and guarantee uniform flavor distribution throughout biscuits.
- Butter Brilliance: Melted butter coating bottom of pan delivers exceptional crispness and rich, indulgent flavor to every single biscuit.
- Slice Strategically: Cutting dough into nine sections before baking promotes even cooking and makes serving super easy with clean, predefined breaks.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20-25 minutes
- Category: Breakfast, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Southern American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 9
- Calories: 286
- Sugar: 2 g
- Sodium: 476 mg
- Fat: 17 g
- Saturated Fat: 10 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 29 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 5 g
- Cholesterol: 40 mg