Tall & Flaky Buttermilk Strawberry Biscuits
Warm, flaky, and packed with bursts of sweet strawberries, these buttermilk biscuits are just as good on their own as they are drizzled with glaze or stacked with strawberries and cream for strawberry shortcakes. Whether you use fresh or frozen berries, they bake up tall and tender, with buttery layers that make them hard to resist. Ready in under an hour, they bring a little extra something to breakfast or dessert without any fuss.
Ingredients
- 3 ½ cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup sugar
- 16 tablespoons butter (cut into ½ inch pieces)
- ½ cup frozen strawberries, or 1 cup fresh (drained and smashed)
- 1 ¼ cups buttermilk
- Demerara/Turbinado sugar
- heavy cream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425º. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper
- If using fresh strawberries, take a cup of chopped strawberries and place them in a strainer, mash them with a fork and let the juice drain out. If using frozen, drain ½ cup of strawberries and mash with a fork.
- In a food processor, add flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and sugar. Process until combined. Add cold butter and process until it resembles coarse meal.
- Add strawberries and buttermilk and process just until the dough comes together. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and pat into a rectangle. Cut rectangle into 4ths and stack on top of each other. Pat down into a rectangle and repeat 3 more times.
- Pat or roll dough to 1 ½ inch thickness. Using a 2 ½ inch round cutter cut dough without twisting. Place on prepared pan and freeze for 10 minutes.
- Brush with cream and sprinkle with demerara sugar and bake for 12-14 minutes, until golden brown.
Barbara's Notes + Tips
- This will make 36 mini biscuits.
- You can use fresh or frozen strawberries, drain the juice out before adding.
- To get tall fluffy biscuits, use very cold butter and buttermilk.
- Cut straight down with the biscuit cutter, do not twist.
- To make a glaze, add 2-3 tablespoons of milk to a cup of powdered sugar along with a ½ teaspoon of vanilla. Whisk until smooth.
- To drizzle the glaze over the biscuits, place it in a small plastic bag and cut the tip out of the corner. Squeeze the glaze over the biscuits.
Nutrition
Calories: 301kcal | Carbohydrates: 34g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 43mg | Sodium: 349mg | Potassium: 154mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 508IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 69mg | Iron: 2mg
