Butter Swim Biscuits Recipe
An Original Recipe by Lorraine Elliott
Recipe Overview
Preparation time: 8 minutes
Cooking time: 35 minutes
Serves: 9
Ingredients Needed
- 113g/1 stick butter
- 2 cups/300g/ cake flour
- 50g/1.7oz caster or superfine sugar
- 3 teaspoons/15g/0.5oz baking powder
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 2 cups/ buttermilk
- 28g/1oz melted butter, cooled slightly
- Flakey salt
- 2 tablespoons butter to melt on top
Step-By-Step Instructions
Step 1 PREPARE - Preheat oven to 230C /446F conventional or 210C/410F fan forced. Place stick of butter in a square 20x20cm/8x8inch baking dish and place in the oven while it is coming to temperature for 5-7 minutes or until it has melted.
Step 2 BATTER - Meanwhile whisk the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt together in a large bowl. Add the buttermilk and melted butter in alternating lots and stir until just combined. The batter will be quite thick and slightly lumpy.
Step 3 CUT - Once the butter has melted, remove dish from the oven and carefully pour the batter over the melted butter. Do not stir. Cut the batter into 9 squares with a butter knife in the actual baking dish.
Step 4 BAKE - Bake for 25-30 minutes and turn around halfway. Check after 25 minutes and if the top is browning too much, add foil and continue baking for another 5 minutes.
Step 5 BRUSH - Brush top with extra butter and sprinkle with salt. Rest for 15 minutes before cutting.
Personal Note
I've got some exciting news for you Dear Reader! I got a new Substack. I started a substack because I wanted to share some recipes that were a bit extra and I also wanted to have another outlet because I don't know how AI will impact me long term. Honestly, it's a pretty strange time for recipe developers and bloggers.
Don't worry, the blog is staying exactly as it is (and always free!). But I've started a Substack where I will be sharing my more "extra" recipes aka my most over-the-top recipes in a paid Substack where I can share them properly.
For a while now, I haven't quite known where to put them. If you're a bit extra like me then I think you'll like these. They're recipes like Dubai Chocolate Mousse, a Grape Crisp Cake, Tiramisu Cinnamon Rolls or Carrot Tarte Tatin.
And if you're happy right where you are, nothing changes at all. I'll still be here, sharing plenty of free recipes as I always have for the last 19 years!
Love,
Lorraine
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