Bojangles' Buttermilk Biscuits
Ingredients
- 2 Cups self-rising flour
- 2 tsps baking powder
- 2 tsps confectioners sugar
- ½ Cup lard, or butter*
- 1 - 1½ Cups buttermilk
- ¼ Cup butter, melted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450℉
- Chill all ingredients in refrigerator
- Melt butter and allow to cool
- In large bowl, mix flour, baking powder, and sugar
- Cut in the lard/butter a little at a time
- Cut in until fat has mixed in until it is small and granular
- Knead just a few times
- On a well floured countertop, roll out dough
- Roll dough to ¾-inch thick
- Do not overwork dough or add too much flour
- Using an oversized biscuit cutter, cut out biscuits in a straight down motion (do not twist)
- Place in prepared cast iron skillet, or baking sheet
- Brush melted butter over top of biscuits
- Bake approximately 12 minutes
Notes
Using a cheese grater, grate butter into a bowl and then place back into the refrigerator to chill.