Cast Iron Skillet Buttermilk Biscuits
These cast iron skillet biscuits are made from scratch with a few basic pantry staples. Bake the homemade biscuits in a cast iron skillet for light and fluffy biscuits!
Servings: 14 biscuits
Equipment
- 12" cast iron skillet
- 1 biscuit cutter or round cookie cutter
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour plus more for kneading dough
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsps salt
- 2 tsps sugar
- 4 tbsps vegetable shortening (refrigerate for 1 hour before using)
- 4 tbsps unsalted butter very cold
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 egg beaten
- 3 tbsp melted butter for brushing on the baked biscuits
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar.
- Using the back of a fork or a pastry cutter, cut the cold butter and shortening into the dry ingredients until you have flour-covered, pea sized pieces. The mixture should look fairly crumbly at this point.
- Add buttermilk and beaten egg to the bowl and stir gently until just combined. Do not over mix. Dough should be wet and sticky.
- Dust a clean, dry cutting board or your kitchen counter with flour. Turn the dough out onto the floured surface. Sprinkle a bit more flour on to the top of the dough and press the dough into a rectangle. Using a dough scraper, cut the dough into 4 equal sized squares, and stack the squares on top of each other to form layers. Sprinkle a bit more flour on top of the dough if needed, then gently press it out again.
- Fold the dough in half, and gently press it out again. Dust with a bit more flour if needed so that your hands don't stick to the dough. Fold in half again, and press it out again.
- Gently shape the dough into a circle or rectangle shape about 3/4" thick. Use a biscuit cutter or a round cookie cutter to cut the dough into individual biscuits. Add the biscuits to a 12" cast iron skillet so that they are barely touching each other.
- Bake the biscuits at 425 degrees for about 12-15 minutes, or until the tops are lightly golden brown.
- Remove the skillet from the oven and immediately brush the tops of the biscuits with melted butter. Keep biscuits warm until ready to serve.