Best Ever Drop Biscuits Small Batch

Drop biscuits are best the same day they are made...no comparison!!! perfect for 4 people. when you stir slightly cooled melted butter into cold buttermilk, the butter will clump. Although this might look like a mistake, it's one of the secrets to this recipe. you can double the recipe...if needed!!

Steps

Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 475 degrees.

Whisk flour , baking powder , baking soda , sugar , and salt in large bowl.

Combine buttermilk and 1 / 4 cup melted butter in medium bowl , stirring until butter forms small clumps.

Add buttermilk mixture to dry ingredients and stir with rubber spatula until just incorporated and batter pulls away from sides of bowl.

Using greased 1 / 4-cup dry measure , scoop a scant amount of batter and drop onto parchment-lined rimmed baking sheet.

Repeat with remaining batter , spacing biscuits about 1 1 / 2 inches apart.

Bake until tops are golden brown and crisp , 8 - 12 minutes.

They can be made up ahead of time and gently re-heated in a 300 oven for 10 minutes.

Brush biscuit tops with 1 tablespoon melted butter.

Transfer to wire rack and let cool 5 minutes before serving.

Test if baking powder is fresh: mix 2 teaspoons of the baking powder into a cup of water.

If there is an immediate reaction of foaming and fizzing .

Ingredients

flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, salt, buttermilk, unsalted butter, butter