Mel’s Buttermilk Biscuits

Enjoy these warm southern buttermilk biscuits! These golden-brown treats are buttery and melt in your mouth, making them great for any meal. Made with love and simple ingredients, each biscuit honors Southern tradition. Enjoy them with jam, gravy, or fried chicken—every bite is packed with delicious Southern flavor!

2-1/2 cups self-rising flour, plus a little more for dusting the counter

1- stick- cold butter

1-cup- cold buttermilk

Preheat your oven to 400 and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

In a large bowl, add your self-rising flour.

Grate your stick of cold butter, add it to the flour and give it a toss around to make sure all the butter is coated in flour.

Now, add the cold buttermilk and stir a few times to start forming your dough.

Dust your counter with a little bit of flour then turn out your dough onto the floured surface. Knead the dough a few times to help it come together. Then you can pat out your dough and then fold it over in half, pat it out again, then fold it again. Repeat this process of envelope folding several times. This process is what makes all those flakey layers that we all love in a good biscuit.

Pat out the dough one more time, to an even thickness of about 1/2”. Now, using a 3” round biscuit cutter, you can cut out your biscuits. Be sure when you cut them, that you don’t twist the cutter, this can seal the edges and cause your biscuits not to rise.

Place the biscuits on your prepared baking sheet and bake in your preheated oven for 14-16 minutes until they are nice and golden brown. Let them cool for about 5 minutes then serve as desired.