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These Parmesan Garlic Buttermilk Biscuits from Scratch are everything you want in a homemade biscuit—light, fluffy, tender, and packed with savory flavor. Made with simple pantry staples and tangy buttermilk, this easy biscuit recipe comes together quickly with minimal prep and no fancy equipment.
The combination of buttery flavors, sharp Parmesan cheese, and garlic makes these biscuits perfect as a side dish for dinner, a holiday bread option, or a comforting addition to soups and stews. Warm, golden, and irresistibly soft, these homemade buttermilk biscuits are just as easy to make as they are to devour.
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Scratch biscuits
These Parmesan Garlic Buttermilk Biscuits from Scratch are adapted from a recipe I posted back in 2014 for Fresh Buttermilk Biscuits. These are one of my favorites, especially when I have leftover buttermilk in the house. It’s a great way to make a tasty treat that helps use up the buttermilk.
Serve these biscuits with homemade soup at dinner. With gravy for breakfast. As a breakfast sandwich with egg and cheese inside. Serve these Biscuits from Scratch with any stew or roast. These go with everything! And at any meal!
Ingredient Notes
As for the buttermilk, when I buy a carton, I pour the leftovers in ice cube trays and defrost the cubes in the microwave as needed to use them.
You can also use powdered buttermilk in these; when I do I reconstitute the powdered stuff in milk so it’s a little richer.
I call for ¼ cup of Parmesan in these biscuits. I’m still watching my cheese intake, so I went a little light on the cheese. You still get a nice salty flavor of the Parmesan in these. If you aren’t watching your cheese intake, you can feel free to up the Parmesan to ½ cup.
And, please use real freshly grated Parmesan, not that dry shake from the canister stuff in these!
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Recipe
Parmesan Garlic Buttermilk Biscuits from Scratch
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup cake flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon fine grain salt
- ¼ cup finely shredded fresh Parmesan cheese
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter chilled & cut into cubes
- ¾ cup plus 2 tablespoons buttermilk
- 2 tablespoons butter melted
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
Instructions
- Mix the dry ingredients (flour through salt) in a large bowl, and add in the shredded Parmesan. With a pastry cutter, a sturdy fork, or your fingers, cut the butter into the dry ingredients until the mixture resembles course meal, with some larger butter lumps remaining.
- With a fork, stir in ¾ cup of the buttermilk until the mixture forms a soft, sticky ball. If the dough is too dry, add a little extra buttermilk – 1 tablespoon at a time up to 2 tablespoons.
- Give the dough one or two kneads with your hands to make sure all ingredients are well incorporated. Cut the dough in eight to ten equal pieces. Lightly roll dough pieces into balls, and transfer the biscuits to a silpat or parchment-lined baking sheet.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes at 400° F, until they‘re golden brown.
- In a small bowl, mix the melted butter and garlic powder together. Brush the garlic butter on the biscuits. Enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations, and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content will vary based on brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes, and more.
Richa Gupta
I love Buttermilk Biscuits so much and this looks amazing with the combo!
Kayle (The Cooking Actress)
ahhhh these biscuits look so flavorful and deliciouuuus!
sue | theviewfromgreatisland
You had me at buttermilk, I love what it does to biscuits!
Kim @ Three Olives Branch
These look so perfect and delicious! And the real Parmesan definitely makes a difference! Can’t wait to try them!
Traci
I am so wishing I had these on my breakfast table right now! I would cut them in half and smear some beautiful jam over them. Then I’d have some with soup for lunch, and they would be gone by the end of the day LOL. So YUM! Pinning!
Deanna
These in a way remind me of these great biscuits we used to get from a restaurant called Po Folks in PA! I can’t wait to make these 🙂
Jennifer
Yum!! These biscuits are so light and fluffy looking and go with just about anything!