Butter Swim Biscuits
on Sep 23, 2024
These Butter Swim Biscuits are buttermilk biscuits that are baked in a pan of butter. You will find the crispy crust and the soft and fluffy insides irresistible. Since they require just 6 simple ingredients, they are easy to make.
Nothing beats an old-fashioned recipe. These Butter Swim Biscuits are one of those recipes from way back! They are loaded with so much buttery flavor, I challenge you to eat just one.
Serve these homemade buttermilk biscuits alongside our Homemade Breakfast Sausage Patties or top them with a bit of our No Cook Raspberry Freezer Jam Recipe.
Sometimes we purchase convenience foods not realizing that from scratch can be just as quick and just as easy as the store bought versions. Most of the time it’s so much cheaper to make homemade. This Swim Biscuit Recipe is one you should consider making at home.
Sure, store-bought biscuits are tasty. But, I promise you that this Swimming in Butter Biscuits Recipe will taste so much better (just like grandmas biscuits). Did I mention that they only take about 5 minutes to prepare and then 25 minutes to bake?
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Buttery Biscuits are the BEST! Since these biscuits “swim” in butter, the flavor is insane. The crispy outsides and fluffy texture soak in all of the flavor when baking. Serve them for breakfast, brunch or alongside a hearty dinner dish like chili.
Butter Swim Biscuits Ingredients
These Butter Swim Biscuits use a short list of pantry staple ingredients. If you do any home cooking, you’ll probably have all of these ingredients on hand already- you’ll just need to get some buttermilk too. Here’s all you need for our Easy Butter Biscuits:
- Flour – All-purpose flour will work perfectly fine here and is what we used.
- Baking Powder – Note, this is not baking soda. Don’t make that mistake!
- Sugar – White granulated sugar will work best here.
- Salt
- Butter – salted or unsalted will be fine.
- Buttermilk – Can’t make buttermilk biscuits without buttermilk, right? For a quick buttermilk substitute, add two tablespoons of vinegar or lemon juice to two cups of whole milk- it should work in a pinch.
See recipe card for quantities.
How to make Butter Swim Biscuits Recipe
What’s great about our Butter Swim Biscuits Recipe is that they’re real easy to make. This is probably the simplest recipe for easy homemade biscuits- you might start skipping out on the tubes of biscuit dough at the store! To make these easy buttermilk biscuits yourself, here’s all you’ll do:
- Melt butter in a separate bowl and add to a 8×8 baking dish.
- Add your dry ingredients– the flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt– to a large mixing bowl. Optionally sift the flour before using a whisk to mix the dry ingredients together.
- In the bowl of dry ingredients, gradually add buttermilk while you gently stir it into the dry ingredients. Do this until it just comes together into a consistent dough– avoid over-mixing!
- Transfer the dough to the baking dish with the melted butter. Work the dough out evenly towards the corners and edges of the dish.
- Use a knife or the edge of the spatula to cut the dough into 9 square pieces.
- Transfer the baking dish to an awaiting 450 degree oven. Bake for around 25 minutes or until the top has crisped up and become golden brown.
- Remove from the oven and let butter soak into biscuits. Re-cut the 9 pieces and serve finished Butter Biscuits with your favorite jam or butter.
Storage / Freezing
Storage: You’ll want to keep your leftover Swim Butter Biscuits in the fridge for best results. Let cool completely before transferring to an airtight container or ziploc bag. Your biscuits will keep for 3-5 days in the refrigerator.
Freezing: You can also try keeping your homemade biscuits frozen for longer storage. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap and foil or put in a freezer bag and squeeze the excess air out before keeping in the freezer. Expect them to last 2-3 months- reheat in the microwave or in the oven.
Tips for the BEST Swim Butter Biscuits
For the BEST Swim Butter Biscuits make sure the dry ingredients are whisked together well.
Other Biscuit Recipes
Looking for other biscuits recipes? Try these:
Biscuit Casserole Recipes
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Butter Swim Biscuits
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Butter, melted
- 2 1/2 cups Flour
- 4 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 tbsp Sugar
- 2 tsp Salt
- 2 cup Buttermilk
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 450.
- Put the melted butter into an 8×8″ baking dish. Set aside.
- Whisk together flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt in a medium bowl.
- Gradually add the buttermilk and stir until it just comes together.
- Transfer the dough into the dish with melted butter using a spatula to evenly spread the dough to the sides.
- Cut/score the dough into 9 pieces.
- Bake for 25 minutes or until the top has browned.
- Allow to cool a bit and absorb butter before re-cutting.
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