Do you love making breakfast? While I may not have time to do it often, I enjoy getting out the sausage, bacon, and eggs to make a delicious breakfast for my husband and myself. Growing up, it was actually one of my favorite dinners too, especially since my mother never had time to make a big breakfast for any of us in the morning. Now that I am older, I love doing the same thing for my husband on weekends. The one thing has always been a frustration for me, however, were biscuits. I have tried so many biscuit recipes, but none of them seem to taste like the ones from restaurants or that my mother used to make from scratch.
Recently, however, I found the perfect recipe. To my surprise, they didn’t just taste amazing, but were very easy to make. I expected the recipe to take over an hour to make and likely making a giant mess of my kitchen, not something this easy. Since I loved this Amish Buttermilk Biscuits recipe so much, I wanted to share it with all of you and your own families. Feel free to tell us what you think of this supper yummy recipe!
Note: Special thanks to my friend LaDonna from Mom Blog Society for helping me with this recipe and pictures!
- 8 oz. (1-3/4 cups) unbleached all-purpose flour; more as needed for shaping the dough
- 1 Tbs. granulated sugar
- 2-1/4 tsp. baking powder
- ¾ tsp. kosher salt
- ¼ tsp. baking soda
- 4 oz. (8 Tbs.) very cold unsalted butter
- ¾ cup very cold buttermilk
- Mix the dough:
- Heat the oven to 400°F and position a rack in the middle of the oven. Line the baking sheet with parchment. DO NOT USE WAX PAPER. Put the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and baking soda in a large mixing bowl and stir with a whisk to distribute the ingredients evenly.
- Cut the butter into small bits and toss with the flour this will help create air pockets which will form flaky layers. With a sharp knife cut the cold butter crosswise into ¼-inch-thick slices, and cut again, and one more time until you have tiny pieces of butter. Toss the butter bits into the bowl with the flour mixture. Cut the butter bits into the flour.
- Add the cold buttermilk and stir with a large spoon until all or most of the flour is absorbed, and the dough forms a coarse lump.
- Dust a work surface with flour and knead the dough for about 8-10 minutes. Kneading the dough is very important. Don't skimp.
- Roll or press the dough into a ½-inch-thick oval. Cut a 2-inch or 2-3/4-inch round biscuit using a cutter, dipping the cutter in flour between each biscuit. Transfer the biscuits to the baking sheet, placing them about ½ inch apart.
- Bake @ 450°F. Bake for 8 minutes; rotate the pan 180 degrees; continue baking until both the tops and bottoms of the biscuits are a rich golden brown and the biscuits have doubled in height.
About Susan Bewley
Susan Bewley is a professional writer who has been writing content online & in print format for over 10 years. As well, she is an alumni of the University of Louisville with a Masters Degree in Special Education. When not working as an online business consultant or ghost writing, she can be found writing on Budget Earth, on her own novel, or working with various entities in the pet industry.
Shannon says
February 28, 2014 at 3:17 amThese sound delightful, thank you for sharing…
Joni Caraway (trippygrandmaof3) says
February 28, 2014 at 12:37 pmThanks for sharing, pinned so I could try it. I have been looking for different biscuit recipes that my husband will like.
shylo57 says
February 28, 2014 at 4:28 pmThis is an amazing and easy recipe, one we will be using for years to come. Thanks for the pin it button, making it so easy to save!
ellen beck says
March 1, 2014 at 1:58 amThere is nothing better than fresh baked bicuits. My Mom used to make them every single morning!
Amy Adams says
March 1, 2014 at 4:57 amThis looks like an easy recipe for homemade biscuits! They look so good; I wish I could have one right now!
kimberly bhatti says
March 1, 2014 at 11:25 amthese look so good!
lisa says
March 1, 2014 at 12:11 pmThe recipe sounds pretty good. I have never made a biscuit that hasn’t popped out of a can.
md Kennedy says
March 1, 2014 at 4:11 pmI haven’t had real buttermilk biscuits since my Grampa was around – more than 15 years ago – he was a huge fan of buttermilk and everyone else hated it! In his memory I will have to make these biscuits.
Robyn B. says
March 2, 2014 at 12:20 pmThese look so yummy, I’m going to have to make a batch now.
Blythe J says
March 3, 2014 at 10:54 amThese biscuits sound good! I like flaky biscuits and these sound easy enough to make.
Mary McCloy says
March 3, 2014 at 11:08 amI have been to Amish restaurants and they have great biscuits,so now I can make them myself 🙂 thanks !
Carolyn Colley says
March 3, 2014 at 3:51 pmthese look very good, thanks for sharing
Nena Sinclair says
March 4, 2014 at 3:53 amI love fresh, hot biscuits and these look delicious! Thanks for sharing
Lisa Ehrman says
March 4, 2014 at 10:39 amYum! These look so good 🙂 I love homemade biscuits, especially with buttermilk.
Jana says
March 7, 2014 at 12:07 amThese look amazing! Visiting from http://www.merlotmommy.com
denise low says
March 8, 2014 at 8:45 pmSounds good to me. Making me hungry.
Sandra Beeman says
March 18, 2014 at 9:01 amI have always loved any recipe using buttermilk. Pancakes, red velvet cake and biscuits are favorites of mine. I enjoy a breakfast-dinner every now and then as well. Clear-cut recipe whick I will try soon has been presented here.
Wanda Tracey says
March 28, 2014 at 8:33 pmThank you for sharing these biscuits.They look delicious and I think they will be perfect for when I serve homemade soup next time.
Pam says
April 3, 2014 at 8:46 amThese look delicious and something that my family would love along side a good bowl of beef stew or chili!
Marlene says
April 11, 2014 at 6:13 pmThis recipe sounds wonderful. I will be making biscuits this weekend using this recipe. Thank you for sharing.
Melinda Dartmann says
May 10, 2014 at 10:16 amWow! This is the same recipe that I have been using for years! It’s really great to see recipes that are true and tried that are still around. It shows that they are always used!
ANN*H says
May 22, 2014 at 9:56 pmMy mom made homemade biscuit for us 5 kids all the time. Maybe thats why I like them a lot more than store bought. I enjoy Amish recipes so so much, and thank you for sharing this one. Cant wait to make them and top with strawberry jam – yum : )
Ashley says
May 24, 2014 at 1:13 amWow, these sound amazing! I love biscuits, and I miss using real ingredients to make things (been using canned recently). I just love perfecting a recipe from knowing a bit of the food science behind it; I wonder why it’s so important to have cold ingredients?
melissa cushing says
June 9, 2014 at 9:36 amThanks for sharing this delicious recipe! I am definitely looking to make some homemade biscuits and this is where I will start! Thanks for sharing!
Terri S says
June 14, 2014 at 8:09 pmThese biscuits look so good. I love biscuits with butter and honey on them. Thank you so much for sharing the recipe.
Tammy M says
July 3, 2014 at 9:40 amThese look delicious! I must try them!
Rosie says
August 13, 2018 at 1:56 pmThese do look so good. I used to make biscuits all the time, I’ve totally forgotten about them. This is a recipe I’d like to try!
Susan Bewley says
August 13, 2018 at 4:55 pmThey are a bit of work but soooo good! This is my favorite biscuit recipe of all time!