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    Home » Recipes » Pies, Cakes & Breads

    Buttermilk Biscuits recipe Wrong Way, Right Way

    Published: Jun 8, 2012 · Updated: Feb 2, 2021 by Kevin Williams | 18 Comments

    Occasionally cookbooks do have errors.  There are all sorts of reasons this may happen, but a cookbook has a ton of moving parts that all have to be assembled into a readable narrative with workable recipes sometimes under tight deadlines. But one missed stick of butter or spoonful of cinnamon somewhere can have messy consequences.  Our Amish Cook's Baking Book has been very well-received (20 5-star reviews on Amazon!), but one recipe does have a big mistake. The popular Buttermilk Biscuits recipe calls for 2 sticks of butter.  Wowza.  One problem: the recipe should call for NO butter.  Double Wowza!  I forget how that mistake was even made, I think it had something to do with the "search and replace" feature replacing the wrong ingredient.  The mistake has been corrected in subsequent printings of the book, but it is a glaring error in the first printing.  And when my wife decided to make homemade buttermilk biscuits from the book last night, I forgot to tell her about the mistake until too late.  This is what they looked like in the oven loaded with two sticks of butter. Um...not so appetizing, right?  They look like flat, buttery rounds.  The Amish biscuit recipe in the book really IS a good one and quite tasty.  Once Rachel regrouped and made the recipe the right way (sans butter), here is how they looked:

    Much better, right?   It's a good, soft biscuit that goes great with gravy (Rachel made a veggie sausage gravy, and it was a delicious dinner)  You can bake them a touch longer if you like to make them more golden.  So, here is the correct recipe - with no butter - just buttermilk.  Enjoy!

    Buttermilk Biscuits recipe Wrong Way, Right Way
     
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    Ingredients
    • 2 cups all-purpose flour
    • 1 /4 vegetable oil
    • 3 teaspoons baking powder
    • 1 cup buttermilk or sour milk
    • 1 teaspoon baking soda
    Instructions
    1. Preheat the oven to 400. Lightly grease a baking sheet at set aside. In a large bowl, combine the flour, vegetable oil,  baking powder, milk,  and baking soda. Stir with a wooden spoon until the mixture forms a smooth batter. Drop by rounded tablespoons onto prepared baking sheet. Bake until golden brown, 10 to 15 minutes.
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    1. Wendy

      June 09, 2012 at 12:17 am

      This is SO funny. I made these very biscuits tonight for supper - and they looked pretty much like your first picture! They actually tasted pretty good. (And they didn't need any butter.) We scooped them up with a pancake turner and put them on top of our stew. I will go out to the kitchen now and cross butter off the recipe.

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    2. Andrea

      June 09, 2012 at 2:13 pm

      I haven't tried the recipe, but I do have the edition with the butter in it. I've made the correction, and thanks for letting us know!

      Reply
    3. Joyce

      June 10, 2012 at 6:53 pm

      I hadn't made these yet so was able to correct the recipe. Thanks for the heads up.

      Reply
    4. Theresa

      June 12, 2012 at 12:31 pm

      Kevin i just looked at my cookbook & there is also1/4 tsp salt. Now you do need salt in baking, does this reecipe call for no salt? Also since we're on this subject... Rhubarb squares pg 167 in the baking book says to bake at 350 for 40 min. I've made these & they are still raw after 50 min. Is there something that might be missing in the recipe itself? Thanks & keep up the good work.

      Theresa

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    5. Melanie Smith

      June 12, 2012 at 10:03 pm

      Funny, reading this and had my cookbook beside me and yes it called for 2 sticks of butter! Crossed it out, now can't wait to try to make them. Thanks for letting us know:)

      Melanie

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    6. Dawn Kirk

      June 12, 2012 at 10:35 pm

      Mine says 22 sticks.....Just kidding!

      Reply
    7. Kenneth Nagel

      June 14, 2012 at 5:29 am

      Recipe states 1/4 oil. I presume you mean cup?

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      • Kevin

        June 14, 2012 at 12:24 pm

        yes, good catch!

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    8. Betty

      June 25, 2012 at 12:14 pm

      A couple (or more) of good proof readers (must be good cooks) would
      help you avoid errors. Most experienced cooks would have caught the
      butter error...

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      • Kevin

        June 25, 2012 at 12:23 pm

        Agreed...So, also, would have been more time...We had about 6 weeks to write the WHOLE book...that was crazy fast...

        Reply
    9. Ckay

      March 07, 2013 at 7:57 am

      Dear Kevin,
      Thank you so much for correcting the recipe.
      Did you find any further printing mistakes in the first issue?
      Today I wanted to cook the pineapple cookies on page 112 and I did not find any fat (oil or shortening or butter) listed (which made me sooo happy!). But then I had a check in the web and all the pinapple cookie recipes I've found had butter in. So, now I'm quite unsure. "Light Amish Cookies"... quite strange.
      Did you ever bake them?
      Thank you so much and best regards from Switzerland
      Ckay

      PS: would be great if you'd have on your page a "printing error corner", where the mistakes of the book are listed.
      I love this book - recipes, pictures and stories.

      Reply
      • Kevin

        March 07, 2013 at 8:04 am

        I will check into this. I've not heard of any errors in that recipe and I probably would have heard by now, but i'll check. Thanks for the kind words!:)

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        • Ckay

          March 24, 2013 at 3:35 pm

          Many thanks for your reply, Kevin.

    10. Jessica

      July 20, 2013 at 10:06 am

      I attempted to make these biscuits this morning, but it took am extra 3/4 cup of buttermilk to get the dough into a smooth batter. Where did I go wrong?

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    11. Jac

      January 10, 2017 at 4:30 pm

      I found this because I wanted to make biscuits but had run out of butter. Followed the recipe exactly and the biscuits are very bitter while also being bland. If anyone makes these they should add salt, and use less baking powder. Or go to the store and get butter.

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      • Kevin

        January 11, 2017 at 9:20 am

        Thank you for the post, hopefully better biscuits next time!

        Reply
    12. Dorothy Thoune

      March 26, 2020 at 5:59 am

      I made these yesterday, they are very light and good. Thank You

      Reply
      • Kevin

        March 26, 2020 at 9:50 am

        Awesome, Dorothy, thank you for telling me, I am glad they turned out well!

        Reply

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