Gluten-Free Flakey Buttermilk Biscuits
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
As a chef the real test of how much people ACTUALLY like your food is:
1. If people finish their whole plate
2. If they go back for seconds.
My husband not only went back for seconds on these biscuits but also thirds, fourths, and a fifth for dessert. And he can eat gluten. These biscuits are delicious. Crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside, they hold up enough to be dipped in soup or smeared with jam and butter but are flakey and tender enough to flake apart in your mouth. They’re perfect for the holidays and will be on repeat in my household.
Ingredients
2 cups of gluten-free flour plus extra for dusting (my favorite brands are C4C and King Arthur)
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp kosher sea salt
12 tbs butter (1.5 sticks)
3/4 cup buttermilk
1 egg
For the eggwash
1 egg yolk
2 tbs heavy cream
Instructions
In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and sea salt.
Thinly slice your cold butter, add it to the flour mixture, and use your hands to make butter flakes, pressing it between your fingers similarly to how you would if you were making pie dough.
In a separate bowl, whisk the buttermilk and egg together.
Pour the egg-milk mixture into the flour-butter mixture, using a spatula to gently mix it together until it forms a sticky ball.
Lightly flour a surface. Dump the dough out of the bowl onto the floured surface. Sprinkle all sides of the dough with flour.
Cut the dough into six pieces and shape it into biscuits. If you want the layers to show more, you can also press the dough out a bit and use a circle cutter to slice it.
Mix the egg yolk and heavy cream together to create the egg wash.
Place the biscuits on a lined baking sheet and use a basting brush to brush with egg wash.
Bake at 375 for 35 minutes until they’re crispy golden brown on the outside and soft and fluffy on the inside. If you want them extra shiny you can brush them with a second round of egg wash halfway through!
Serve warm and enjoy!
Macros based on 6 servings below!
