Martha Stewart's Buttermilk Biscuits

By ngaldi

Ingredients

• 4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
• 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter, cold, cut into small pieces
• 1 3/4 cups buttermilk, plus more for brushing

Details

Servings 12
Adapted from onehungrymama.com

Preparation

Step 1

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar. Using a pastry blender, cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs with a few larger clumps remaining.

2. Pour in the buttermilk; using a rubber spatula, fold buttermilk into the dough, working in all directions and incorporating crumbs at the bottom of the bowl, until the dough just comes together. The dough will be slightly sticky; do not over mix.

4. Place the biscuits about 1 1/2 inches apart on an unlined baking sheet. Generously brush the tops with buttermilk. Bake, rotating the sheets halfway through, until the biscuits are golden and flecked with brown spots, 18 to 20 minutes. Transfer the biscuits to a wire rack to cool.