My mom used this Buttermilk Biscuits recipe that she found in a Southern Living magazine many years ago. It makes the best Buttermilk Biscuits and it's now become the only recipe our whole family uses!
Buttermilk Biscuits Recipe
1/2 cup butter (1 stick), frozen
2 1/2 cups self-rising flour
1 cup chilled buttermilk
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 475°.
Grate frozen butter using large holes of a box grater.
Toss together grated butter and flour in a medium bowl. Chill 10 minutes.
Make a well in center of mixture. Add buttermilk, and stir 15 times. Dough will be sticky.
Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Lightly sprinkle flour over top of dough. Using a lightly floured rolling pin, roll dough into a 3/4-inch-thick rectangle (about 9 x 5 inches). Fold dough in half so short ends meet. Repeat rolling and folding process 4 more times.
Roll dough to 1/2-inch thickness. Cut with a 2 1/2-inch floured round cutter, reshaping scraps and flouring as needed.
Place dough rounds in a cast-iron skillet or on a parchment paper-lined jelly-roll pan. Bake at 475° for 15 minutes or until lightly browned. Brush with melted butter.
If you want Crunchy-Bottomed Biscuits warm a cast-iron skillet in the oven and spread some butter in the skillet before adding the biscuits. The bottoms will end up crunchy and golden brown.
Watch the Southern Living Video on how to make Buttermilk Biscuits

Southern Living Buttermilk Biscuits
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter (1 stick), frozen
- 2 ½ cups self-rising flour
- 1 cup chilled buttermilk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 475°.
- Grate frozen butter using large holes of a box grater.
- Toss together grated butter and flour in a medium bowl. Chill 10 minutes.
- Make a well in center of mixture. Add buttermilk, and stir 15 times. Dough will be sticky.
- Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Lightly sprinkle flour over top of dough. Using a lightly floured rolling pin, roll dough into a 3/4-inch-thick rectangle (about 9 x 5 inches). Fold dough in half so short ends meet. Repeat rolling and folding process 4 more times.
- Roll dough to 1/2-inch thickness. Cut with a 2 1/2-inch floured round cutter, reshaping scraps and flouring as needed.
- Place dough rounds in a cast-iron skillet or on a parchment paper-lined jelly-roll pan. Bake at 475° for 15 minutes or until lightly browned. Brush with melted butter.
Ruth
Sunday 19th of June 2022
I used white whole wheat flour, baked in a cast iron skillet. They came out great!
Kim
Wednesday 7th of October 2020
I. grew up on homemade biscuits . Yummo. These sound good.
Angelia
Sunday 27th of September 2020
I love a recipe that comes together as the recipe indicates it will. A lot of times it does not. I know that any recipe with butter and Buttermilk has to be delicious. But this one is a keeper This is my new go to biscuit recipe. Now all I need is a pie crust recipe. Thanks for this biscuit recipe delicious
ernie guzman
Sunday 10th of May 2020
hello, i'm a retired carpenter and tried this for the first time and they came out great it looks just like the one picture in the pan cause i have that pan i love it when things work the first time thank you for a great easy recipe. HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL 5/10/2020
ernie
Wednesday 15th of January 2020
I JUST DID THIS ONE THIS MORNING AND I CAME OUT PERFECT, I HAVE THE SAME CAST IRON PAN, DID EVERY THING YOU SAID AND WHAM! I HAD THE BEST BISCUITS EVER THANK YOU VERY MUCH