Name: Skillet Buttermilk Biscuits
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 12 min
Yield: 20
Ingredients: 2 cups All-purpose Flour, Plus More For Dusting; 4 teaspoons Baking Powder; 1 teaspoon Kosher Salt; ¼ teaspoons Baking Soda; 1 stick Cold Unsalted Butter, Cubed, Plus More For Greasing; 1-¼ cup Cold Buttermilk

Skillet Buttermilk Biscuits

Biscuits. What is more comforting in the morning? These biscuits are so good and have so much butter in them already, you don’t need to put anything on them. Try these tomorrow with your breakfast and you will not be disappointed!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients

Why it works: Flour and buttermilk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,721 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Skillet Buttermilk Biscuits

Serves 20

Prep25 min

Cook12 min

Ingredients

2 cups All-purpose Flour, Plus More For Dusting
4 teaspoons Baking Powder
1 teaspoon Kosher Salt
¼ teaspoons Baking Soda
1 stick Cold Unsalted Butter, Cubed, Plus More For Greasing
1-¼ cup Cold Buttermilk

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

706Calories

21 gProtein

21 gFat

107 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Flour + buttermilktop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,721 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Flour + buttertop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together124,287 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Butter + buttermilktop 20% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,674 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

Flour and butter barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 124,287 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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