Food processor (or forks for cutting butter into the flour)
Dough scraper (optional)
Biscuit cutter
Baking sheet
Ingredients
2½cupsself-rising flour
½cupunsalted butterfrozen, ½ cup = 1 stick
1cupbuttermilkvery cold
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Instructions
Preheat the oven to 430º F. Add flour and diced plant butter to a food processor or use two forks to cut butter into the flour until the mixture resembles small pebbles.
Add the very cold buttermilk to the flour and butter mixture and gently combine into a scraggly dough. Empty the dough onto a clean, lightly floured surface and gently (but quickly) pat it into a rectangle (3/4 to 1 inch thick).
To make square biscuits: use a knife or cake decorating spatula to remove a thin slice from the edges of your rectangle of dough. Cut the rectangle in half lengthwise. Then cut the biscuits to your desired size. They will rise, but the size won’t change much in the oven.
To make round biscuits: use a biscuit or cookie cutter to make uniform round biscuits.
Line biscuits onto a baking sheet approximately 1/2 “ apart. Bake for 16-18 minutes, depending on the size of the biscuits.
Notes
These can be made into vegan biscuits by using plant butter and making "vegan buttermilk" = 1 cup almond or coconut milk + 1 tablespoon lemon juice or vinegar