Buttermilk Biscuits

Name: Buttermilk Biscuits
Yield: Makes About 16
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 1 tbsp bicarbonate of soda; 1 tsp salt; 60 g/ 2 oz unsalted butter, diced, plus more for greasing; 1 egg; ½ tsp baking powder; 675 g/ 12 oz self-raising flour, plus more for dusting; 60 g/ 2 oz chilled hard baking margarine, diced; 1 tbsp milk; 300 ml/ ½ pt buttermilk

Preparation info

Makes About
16

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Daily Mail Modern British Cookbook

By Alastair Little and Richard Whittington

Published 1998

About

For the uninitiated, a biscuit in the USA is closest to a savoury scone, while they call our sweet biscuits ‘cookies’. American supermarkets sell really good instant biscuit mixes, though they are not difficult to make from scratch.

Ingredients

675 g/ 12 oz self-raising flour, plus more for dusting
1 tbsp bicarbonate of so

Americas
United States
Vegetarian
Baking
Bread

Method

Preheat the oven to 230°C/450°F/gas 8.

Sift the flour into a bowl with the bicarbonate of soda, baking powder and salt. Rub the margarine and butter in gently with your fingertips to achieve a crumb consistency. Stir in the buttermilk with a fork to form a soft dough.