These homemade biscuits are so easy, it feels like cheating

All you need is 3 ingredients to make my homemade buttermilk biscuit recipe. These Southern biscuits are perfectly light and fluffy every time.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup cold butter or margarine
• 2.25 cups self-rising flour
• 1.25 cups buttermilk
• 2 tbsp melted butter for brushing baked biscuits
• flour for dusting

Instructions

• Cut the cold butter into 1/4-inch-thick slices.
• 1/2 cup cold butter or margarine
• Put the butter slices on top of the flour in a large bowl. Cut the butter into the flour with a long-tined fork or pastry cutter until crumbly. Cover and chill for 10 to 15 minutes.
• 1/2 cup cold butter or margarine,2.25 cups self-rising flour
• Add buttermilk, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened.
• 1.25 cups buttermilk
• Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead 3 or 4 times, gradually dusting with additional flour as needed. With floured hands, press or pat dough into a 3/4-inch-thick rectangle (about 9x5). Sprinkle the top of the dough with additional flour.
• flour for dusting
• Fold the dough over into itself (like you are folding a piece of paper into a letter) in three sections. Repeat this process 2 more times, beginning with pressing it into a 3/4-inch-thick dough rectangle (about 9x5).
• Press or pat dough to a 1/2-inch thickness on a lightly floured surface. Cut with a 2-inch round biscuit cutter or glass and place the biscuits side-by-side on a parchment paper-lined or lightly greased cookie sheet. Try to make sure they touch because this will help them rise higher.
• Bake at 450 degrees for 13 to 15 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove from the oven and immediately brush them with melted butter.
• 2 tbsp melted butter for brushing baked biscuits