Blueberry Butter Swim Biscuits

Blueberry Butter Swim Biscuits

from southernliving.com
Breakfast
35 min
9 servings

Butter swim biscuits studded with juicy blueberries bake up with a soft, fluffy interior and irresistibly crunchy top.

Ingredients

  • ½ cupunsalted butter
  • 2 cupsall-purpose flour
  • 3 tbsp.granulated sugar
  • 2 tsp.baking powder
  • 1 tsp.lemon zest
  • ½ tsptable salt
  • ½ tsp.baking soda
  • 1 ½ cupswhole buttermilk
  • 1 cupfresh blueberries
  • 1 tbsp.turbinado sugar

Directions

  1. 1

    Gather all ingredients.

  2. 2

    Place butter in an 8-inch square baking dish and place dish in oven. Preheat oven to 425°F, leaving dish in oven as it heats.

  3. 3

    Whisk together flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, lemon zest, salt, and baking soda in a medium bowl. Stir in buttermilk. Remove dish from oven. Using an oven mitt or towel, carefully tilt dish to one side and use a tablespoon measure to scoop out 4 tablespoons melted butter into dough, leaving remaining melted butter in dish. Stir dough until combined. Fold in blueberries.

  4. 4

    Spread dough evenly into dish. Sprinkle dough evenly with turbinado sugar. Bake at 425°F until browned and cooked through, about 25 minutes. Remove dish from oven and let stand until butter absorbs into biscuits, about 5 minutes. Cut into 9 equal pieces.