At Uptown Eats in St. Petersburg with biscuits in the oven

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Uptown Eats owner Dan Schmidt makes hot buttermilk biscuits in thirty minutes.

From frittatas to biscuits, Uptown Eats is a from-scratch kitchen — including those hot buttermilk biscuits.

Schmidt offers a biscuit recipe that takes 30 minutes: 10 for prep and 20 for baking.

Buttermilk Biscuits

Ingredients:

4 cups all-purpose flour

4.5 tsp baking powder

1.5 tsp baking soda

1 tsp sugar

1 tsp salt

2 cups very cold buttermilk

1 cup (2 sticks) melted, but not hot unsalted butter

plus 1 tbsp melted butter for brushing top of biscuits

Method:

Melt 1 cup (2 sticks) of unsalted butter and let cool

1. Adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat to 450 degrees.

2. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper (if using) to prevent sticking.

3. In a large mixing bowl combine all dry ingredients, whisking slowly but thoroughly.

4. In a small bowl combine cold buttermilk with melted (but not hot) butter, mix with a fork…you should see butter chunks form.

5. Add the butter/buttermilk mixture to the dry ingredients. Mix roughly with a spoon, fork or your hands to form a shaggy dough just until the dry ingredients are incorporated (do not over mix).

6. Turn the dough out from the bowl onto a lightly floured work surface, pressing or rolling the dough into a 1.5-inch-thick sheet.

7. For classic cut biscuits:

Cut individual biscuits with a lightly floured 3-inch ring biscuit cutter (or other shape) by pressing straight down into the dough without twisting. Combine scraps to form a new sheet of dough and form remaining biscuits.

For drop biscuits:

Using a portion scoop, ice cream scoop, or your hands form uniform biscuit balls using all of the dough. 

8. Place each biscuit 2 inches apart onto the baking sheet. Brush each biscuit top with melted butter.

9. Bake in the preheated oven for 15 – 20 minutes, until golden brown. Enjoy!

Tips:

• Remember COLD buttermilk and NOT-HOT melted butter!
• Don’t over mix the dough! Keep it shaggy. You want the cold butter chunks to stay intact in the dough without melting!
• Press your biscuit cutter straight down without twisting. This helps the biscuits to rise up evenly.