ve lived in the South for most of my life, but baking biscuits wasn’t common in my family’s kitchen. Instead, I’ve learned from others how to make tender and flaky biscuits that would make any Southern grandma proud. I’ve also learned that there’s more than one way to make a biscuit, from simple drop biscuits to cracker-like beaten biscuits (best eaten with a slice of salty country ham). 

My current favorite biscuits, butter-swim biscuits, are baked in a pool of butter. This rustic bread is so easy to make because there’s no cold butter to work in, dough to fold, or rounds to cut. In this recipe, I’ve swapped plain butter for cowboy butter infused with zippy lemon, grainy mustard, fresh chives, and smoky spices, making these cowboy butter-swim biscuits even more delicious than the original.

Why You’ll Love It

• Buttery biscuits, made cowboy-style. Cowboy butter made of melted butter, whole-grain mustard, horseradish, smoked paprika, lemon juice, and other seasonings infuses these biscuits with blue-ribbon flavor.
• They’re so easy to make. If you’ve shied away from making biscuits because they appeared too complicated, give this recipe a try. Stir together the cheesy buttermilk batter, then spread in a baking dish of melted, flavored butter, and bake. It’s that simple.

Key Ingredients in Cowboy Butter-Swim Biscuits

• All-purpose flour: Measure all-purpose flour using the dip and sweep method. Stir the flour to lighten it, then scoop it out with the measuring cup, making sure to overfill it. Use the flat edge of a knife or spatula to scrape off the excess flour and level the top off. 
• Buttermilk: Adds a tangy flavor to the biscuits and reacts with the baking soda to give them a light texture. 
• Unsalted butter: Most biscuits, like our Southern-style biscuits, call for working cold butter directly into the dry ingredients. Butter-swim biscuits are different because the dough is placed in a pool of melted butter, absorbing it as it bakes. 
• Seasonings: Add delicious flavor to the biscuits with whole-grain mustard, fresh lemon juice, prepared horseradish, fresh herbs, and savory spices. 
• Cheese: Toss shredded sharp cheddar cheese into the dry ingredients. Other cheese, like Monterey Jack, pepper Jack, or smoked provolone can be substituted. 

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