buttermilk biscuits

Flaky tangy rolls

Buttermilk biscuits are a quick bread staple of Southern American cooking—soft, flaky, and slightly tangy from the buttermilk that reacts with baking soda to make them rise.

They're served with breakfast, used to sop up gravy, or split and buttered while still warm: Grandma's buttermilk biscuits were always gone before the eggs were done.

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dough · flour · baking powder · lard · tangy · fluffy · homemade · scratch made · from scratch · breakfast · chicken fried steak · skillet · oven · warm · crumbly · tender · honey · jam

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Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G