Southern Buttermilk Biscuits
Last month, my husband and I went to Savannah, Georgia for the first time. We had dinner at the Pirate’s House and were served the most luscious, melt-in-your-mouth, Southern Buttermilk Biscuits! They came with an orange honey marmalade and were absolutely to die for. I couldn’t wait to get home and try making them on my own.I found a recipe that looked like an authentic southern buttermilk biscuits recipe, fine-tuned it a little, and got baking! The dough for these biscuits was easy to handle and cut (I used my 2 5/8 inch Progressive biscuit cutter) and were perfectly golden after 10 minutes of baking. They tasted perfect: tender and moist! The orange honey marmalade spread on them puts these biscuits over the top. It’s such a nice alternative to just using butter on top!
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Progressive International, which is a large American company specializing in kitchen gadgets, sent me this awesome set of 7 biscuit cutters that I am giving away today! If you visit their website you can read all about this great company and find out where to buy their products! You will find that their food preparation tools come in many fun colors with an aim to make the preparation stages of cooking and baking as easy and enjoyable as possible. Some of Progressive’s most popular products include kitchen storage solutions, onion choppers, bowls and mandoline multi slicers. You can buy anything you are looking for….from baking gadgets and cooking products to pantry solutions, spices, tools and accessories. I’ve had my eye on their collapsible cake/cupcake carrier for a while now!
I love these biscuit cutters! They are colorful, lightweight, easy to clean, and sturdy (and will never lose their shape since they are plastic). Two of my favorite things about them are: 1. They all stack inside each other to save storage space in your cupboard and 2. They are two-sided: one side is plain and the other has scalloped edges so you can choose which you want to use. I also love the fact that each cutter has it’s size printed on it for those recipes that specify the size needed. Other than these Southern Buttermilk Biscuits , these would be perfect for cookies, tarts, scones, and pierogi and are ideal for the baking I will be doing in the future.
- 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting the board/counter
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt (or other fine salt)
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, very cold
- 1 cup cold buttermilk
- ⅓ cup orange marmalade
- 1½ teaspoons honey
- Preheat your oven to 450°F.
- Combine the dry ingredients in a bowl, or in the bowl of a food processor. Cut the butter into chunks and cut into the flour until it resembles course meal. If using a food processor (ingredients will stay colder and less chance of over-mixing this way), just pulse a few times until this consistency is achieved. Add the buttermilk and mix JUST until combined. If it appears on the dry side, add a bit more buttermilk. Dough should be very wet.
- Turn the dough out onto a very well-floured board or counter. Gently PAT (do NOT roll with a rolling pin) the dough out until it's about ½" thick. Fold the dough about 5 times, gently press the dough down to a 1 inch thick. Use a round biscuit cutter (mine was 2⅝ inch) to cut into rounds. You can gently knead the scraps together and make a few more. The dough must be handled as little as possible or you will have tough biscuits.
- Place the biscuits on a cookie sheet- to keep them soft, have them touching each other on the sheet. If you like more crisp sides, put them about 1 inch apart (like I did), but these will not rise as high as the biscuits put close together. Bake for about 10-12 minutes- the biscuits will be a beautiful light golden brown on top and bottom. Do not over-bake!
GIVEAWAY DETAILS
Thanks to Progressive International, one lucky Wishes and Dishes reader will win a set of these biscuit cutters! Many thanks to them for providing the review and giveaway product. Giveaway is open to U.S. and Canadian readers.
HOW TO ENTER THE CONTEST
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“What kitchen tool do you find most useful?”
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Deadline: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at 11:59pm EST.
Winner: The winner will be chosen at random using Random.org and announced at the top of this post. I will email the winner and if he/she does not respond within 48 hours, another winner will be selected.
Disclaimer: Progressive gave me this set of biscuit cutters and is also mailing a set out to the winner of the giveaway. My opinions remain entirely my own.
These biscuits look brilliant 😀
Good luck to all entrants for this giveaway!
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
My favorite kitchen tool is my ice cream scoop
My Kitchenaid Mixer!
I can’t even tell you how good these look! And those biscuit cutters would come in handy in my kitchen!
And I already follow you on twiiter 🙂
Everybody seems to be sharing biscuit recipes and I feel left out! They all look delicious and biscuits are definitely one of my favorites (Especially with sausage and gravy). Thanks for the inspiration, I definitely need to get on the homemade biscuit wagon!
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My favorite kitchen tool is my starfrit chopper. I use it for cutting onions ( which I hate cutting by hand)
The kitchen tool I find most useful is the wok.
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MMM! I cant resist a freshly baked biscuit with jam.
I totally know the feeling! I went to Atlanta for the first time last month and I had the most amazing biscuits and cornbread, it was crazy, I was in awe, I wanted to cry.
Thanks for making these!
I love my silpat for baking! It is perfect to keep cookies from sticking to my baking sheets 🙂
My favorite kitchen tool would have to be my crockpot. And how great would these biscuits be with some chili or soup?
My knives – I love them! Although, there are so many items I wouldn’t want to go without!
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These are great with honey as well..Favorite kitchen too is probably my paring knife. Although hard to make cookies and cakes without a good food process or Mixer.
I find my mixer most useful!
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My go to item is my chef’s knife – – can’t imagine creating dishes without it!!
Those are cutter-heaven! They are so darn cute! What a great giveaway! And the biscuits recipe is amazing! (Love biscuits!!)
I like my garlic press 🙂
Oooooh these biscuits look like such delicious perfection!!!
I love all kitchen tools, but my rubber spatulas probably get the most use 😉
My Ninja food processor!
Beautiful biscuits! 🙂 I think I’d have to say my kitchen aid mixer. I use it whenever I bake and for making ice cream… love it!
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The kitchen tool I find most useful is my mixer!!!
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Oh my gosh I love biscuits AND orange marmalade! My kitchen tool that gets the most use is my chef’s knife!
Yum! These biscuits sound so perfect!
The kitchen tool I find most useful is my red silicone spatula! 🙂
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Those look like fun cutters!
Ashley this wishes and dishes blog is amazing. I have no clue why I am just realizing this. And the biscuits look amazing. I will definantly be keeping a better eye on this. Good for you.
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My favorite kitchen tool would have to be kitchenaid.
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Oh my gosh…. I just made the cut-off. My kitchen aid mixer is my favorite!!!
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These biscuits look mighty tasty! I love the orange marmalade with honey, sounds so good! I am obsessed with my food processor and use it all of the time. 🙂
Oh girl, you know I love biscuits! They look great!! My cast iron skillet is my true love in the kitchen!
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I would have to say my stand mixer is what I use the most.
my favorite tool is my cutting board and knife with the 5 inch blade i grab that before any thing else.
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“What kitchen tool do you find most useful?”~~~ my KitchenAid mixer I couldnt live without it!
A sharp knife is my most useful kitchen tool…can’t do much with a dull knife:) The biscuit cutters look great!
The tool I think is the most useful is the microplaner – cheese, chocolate, nutmeg…so many uses!
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I love my batter bowl! Perfect for making my layer cakes and cupcakes even.
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My favorite kitchen gadget is my food chopper from Pampered Chef. It chops up everything easily without squishing things. I can make fresh chopped salsa easily without mushing up the tomatoes, and without cutting off one of my appendages.
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I liked Progressive on FB. I also discovered that my favorite colander is by Progressive!
Would love to win the biscuit cutters – not something I already have. My favorite kitchen tools are my spatula’s from Pampered Chef.
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Such an essential recipe for Southern summers! I love serving biscuits with big bowls of chili, salads and grilled meats. Lovely!
Those biscuit cutters are too cute! And so are these petite biscuits. Just cause they’re small doesn’t mean they aren’t packed with AMAZING flavor! I want seven.
I love homemade biscuits! And buttermilk ones may be the best. We have some biscuit cutters than I use for almost everything except biscuits – I usually cut my biscuit dough with a knife, into squares, so there’s no waste! Although the round ones do look pretty.
My most useful kitchen item is my cutting mat.
These look so good! I love the idea of a orange honey marmalade on my biscuits. YUM! Lovely post Ashley. 🙂
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rubber spatula!
These biscuit cutters are so cute. I love the rainbows of colors. 🙂 I think the most useful kitchen tool is the stand mixer. I use it almost everyday. Thanks for hosting the giveaway. I’m heading to Progressive International to see what other fun gadgets they have. Thanks for introducing me to this company.
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I couldn’t live without my food processor!
Love the biscuit cutters. I love making different shapes and sizes of almost anything. Thanks for your hard work on your blog.
Your flaky biscuits dripping with orange marmalade looks delightful. My friend passed on to me her recipe and showed me how to keep folding the dough on top of itself to get all of those delicious southern flavours of the biscuit. That concept would be perfect with your cute little colourful cutters. Take Care, BAM
I love the idea of orange honey marmalade!! YUM!
so glad to have found your amazing blog! And those biscuits – OMG! I want to bite one!
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The shredder and the peeler.
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It’s not really a utensil but I use my 4 and 8 cup glass measuring all the time.
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My silicon-tipped tongs. I reach for them almost every day!
Thanks for the giveaway!
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My cutting board to chop everything up.
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What kitchen tool do you find most useful?
my dehydrator…or is that a small appliance? it is still my favorite and most used kitchen tool i have.
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My favorite kitchen tool is my bench scraper… great for scraping, turning dough, cutting cakes and brownies
Followed quickly by my chefs knife and scooper. I love gadgets and tools
I would have to say my Kitchenaid Mixer.