Ingredients
½ cup unsalted butter
2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
4 teaspoons white sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 ¾ cups buttermilk
Directions
Gather all ingredients.
all ingredients gathered to make butter swim biscuits
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
Place butter in a glass or ceramic 8-inch square baking dish. Microwave for 1 minute. Stir butter; continue to cook and stir in 20-second intervals until butter is fully melted.
butter melted in a square baking dish
Sift flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt into a bowl.
flour, sugar, salt and baking powder sifted together in a bowl
Stir in buttermilk until combined.
buttermilk stirred in until combined
Pour into the baking dish and spread over melted butter. Use a bench scraper to cut dough into 9 equal pieces.
batter poured and spread over melted butter and cut into 9 equal squares
Bake in the preheated oven until starting to brown on top, 20 to 25 minutes.