Grandmother's Buttermilk Biscuits

Ingredients

• •2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
• •1 tablespoon baking powder
• •1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• •1 teaspoon salt
• •1/2 cup unsalted butter, very cold, cubed
• •3/4 cup cold buttermilk
• •2 tablespoons melted butter, for brushing

Steps

1. 1Preheat oven to 450°F. Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
2. 2Cut the cold butter into the flour with your fingers or a pastry cutter until the mixture looks like coarse crumbs, with a few pea-sized pieces left.
3. 3Pour in the buttermilk and stir just until the dough comes together — it will look shaggy. Don't overwork it.
4. 4Turn the dough onto a floured surface, pat into a 1-inch-thick rectangle, and fold it over on itself two or three times. Pat back out to 1 inch thick.
5. 5Cut straight down with a biscuit cutter — no twisting, or they won't rise straight. Place biscuits touching on a baking sheet.
6. 6Brush tops with melted butter and bake 12-15 minutes, until golden on top.