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love me tender biscuits

TheOrganizedChef avatar
Recipe by
Garrison Wayne
@TheOrganizedChef
La Quinta, CA

Love Me Tender Biscuits are the best biscuits I have ever made. My original recipe calls for cake flour. I have discovered Bob's Red Mill Cake Flour and I find it to be the best I have ever tried. I never realized what a difference the correct flour can make. Cake flour keeps these biscuits very soft and tender. I will say that they melt in your mouth. These will be my signature biscuits. I hope you agree.

yield 8 biscuits
prep time 15 Min
cook time 15 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For love me tender biscuits

  • 1 1/2 c
    cake flour, bob's red mill is a good one
  • 1 Tbsp
    baking powder
  • 3/8 tsp
    kosher salt
  • 2 tsp
    sugar
  • 3 1/2 Tbsp
    cold butter, unsalted, cut in pats
  • 1/2 c
    buttermilk, or a little more, as needed
  • 1 lg
    egg yolk, beaten
  • 2-3 Tbsp
    cake flour
  • softened unsalted butter for brushing tops of biscuits

How To Make love me tender biscuits

  • 1
    Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
  • 2
    Place 1 1/2 cups cake flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar in a medium mixing bowl and stir with a fork to mix well.
  • 3
    Add the butter pats and mix into the flour mix with a pastry blender until a coarse meal is achieved.
  • 4
    Add 1/2 cup buttermilk and egg yolk and mix with a fork. The dough should come together. If it seems too dry, add a little more buttermilk, until the dough starts to come together.
  • 5
    Turn out on a board that is floured with the 2-3 tablespoons of cake flour. Knead 12-15 times, incorporating a bit of flour with each turn. Discard excess flour.
  • 6
    Gather dough and form a ball. Press down with fingers/palms to make a 7 1/2 inch circle. Cut in 8ths. These biscuits are scone shaped.
  • 7
    Transfer biscuits to a baking sheet, leaving room to spread out. Brush tops of biscuits with some softened butter. Bake for 12-14 minutes in the center of oven.
  • 8
    Makes 8 good sized biscuits. Serve hot from the oven. These biscuits reheat better than others I have tried.
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