Buttermilk is the best drink available in the market. No harmful chemicals and no color, just pure nutrients, and healthy buttermilk recipes. Buttermilk is behind many of our most beloved and classic recipes, adding a rich and creamy punch to batters and dough.

Buttermilk has the ability to completely change the recipes for good and it is easier to digest butter recipes than other dairy recipes. Buttermilk recipes are a boon for the people who have lactose intolerance as it is hard for them to break the sugar content from other dairy products.

Buttermilk recipes are great for people who have cholesterol and high blood pressure as it lowers both of them. These recipes can be made very easily and take very little time to get prepared.

Just get a pack of buttermilk and get yourself ready to make some of the delicious and healthy recipes.

Delicious and Healthy Buttermilk Recipes

  • Tayberry, Rose Geranium, and Buttermilk Popsicles
  • Strawberry Basil  Buttermilk Scones
  • Buttermilk Cinnamon Rolls
  • Buttermilk Fried Chicken
  • Buttermilk Strawberry Shortcake
  • Southern Coleslaw
recipes

Tayberry, Rose Geranium, and Buttermilk Popsicles

Buttermilk Popsicles

Ingredients:

  • ½ cup of sugar
  • ¼ cup of water
  • 10-12 medium rose geranium leaves
  • 1 ¼ cup ripe tayberries
  • 1 ¼ cup strawberries
  • Rose geranium maple syrup
  • 1/2cup buttermilk
  • ½ cup whole milk Greek yogurt

Method To Prepare:

  • In a saucepan combine water, rose geranium, and sugar and bring to a boil over medium heat and heat it for 10-12 minutes.
  • Strain through a fine-mesh sieve, squeezing the leaves to get all the good juice from the leaves and discard the leaves. After that, you may have around ½ cup of syrup.
  • Place the berries and 5 tablespoons of the simple syrup in the bowl of a food processor and pulse it until berries are smooth.
  • Combine buttermilk and yogurt in a medium bowl and whisk until smooth and add remaining simple syrup and whisk.
  • Fill 10 popsicles mold with 1/3 of berry puree, and then mix 1/3of the buttermilk mixture. Repeat this process until all the syrup and mixture are used.
  • Freeze the pop as per the instructions and serve it cool and tasty.

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Strawberry Basil Buttermilk Scones

Strawberry basil buttermilk scones

Ingredients:

  • 3 cups flour
  • ½ cup of sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ¾ cup unsalted butter, cut into small chunks
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 cup fresh strawberries, chopped
  • ¼ cup fresh basil, chopped
  • 1 tablespoon butter, for brushing
  • Brown sugar, for sprinkling

Method To Prepare:

  • Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
  • Mix together dried ingredients in a large bowl from flour- baking soda and add butter and mix it with a knife or your hands, until mixture resembles coarse meal.
  • Add buttermilk and mix until just combined and stir in strawberries and basil with it.
  • Lightly dust flour on the workspace and divide dough in half. Working with one batch at a time, form dough into a ¾ inch thick circle.
  • Cut into 8 wedges and line them on a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • Brush top of scones with buttermilk and brown sugar and bake it for 15 to 20minutes and serve it warm to enjoy more.

Buttermilk Cinnamon Rolls

Cinnamon Rolls recipes

Ingredients:

  • 0.25-ounce package active dry yeast
  • ¼ cup of warm water
  • 1 ½ cup buttermilk
  • ½ cup of vegetable oil
  • 4 ½ cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ butter, melted
  • 1 ¼ cup brown sugar
  • 1 ½ teaspoon ground brown sugar

Method To Prepare:

  • In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water and let it stand until creamy, for about 10 minutes. Meanwhile, heat butter in a small saucepan until it’s too hot to touch.
  • Pour the buttermilk and oil into the yeast mixture and mix well. Combine the flour, salt, and baking soda.
  • Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface for 20 times and cover it and let it rest for 15 minutes.
  • In a small bowl stir in brown sugar, cinnamon, and butter. On a lightly floured surface, roll dough into small rectangle pieces and spread brown sugar and butter mixture.
  • Cover and let it rise for 30 minutes and bake it after immediately.
  • If you are baking immediately, then preheat the oven on 400 degrees F and bake it for 20 to 25 minutes.
  • Wait for 2 or 3 minutes and serve it to your guests and families.

Buttermilk Fried Chicken

chicken recipes

Ingredients:

  • 1 whole chicken, cut into pieces
  • 2 cups buttermilk
  • 1 cup dry potato flakes
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 cups vegetable oil, for frying

Method To Prepare:

  • Rinse chicken pieces and dry it and then pour the buttermilk in a shallow bowl and dip chicken in it. Place it in a refrigerator and marinate overnight.
  • When ready to prepare, mix potato flakes, poultry seasoning, salt, and pepper in a medium bowl.
  • Dredge marinated chicken into this mixture and coat it perfectly and set it aside for the coating to stick.
  • Heat oil in a deep frying pan and fry the chicken on a slow heat until golden brown and juice run clear.

Buttermilk Strawberry Shortcake

Strawberry Shortcake

Ingredients:

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ¼ cup white sugar
  • 1 ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¾ cup unsalted butter, chilled and cut into small chunks
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 2 tablespoon heavy cream
  • ¼ cup turbinado sugar
  • 8 cup fresh strawberries, sliced
  • ¼ cup white sugar
  • 1 tablespoon lime juice

Method To Prepare:

  • Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, and salt in a mixing bowl.
  • Cut in the cold butter until the butter resembles coarse crumbs and then stir in buttermilk until the mixture is moistened.
  • Drop dough on the baking sheet and brush biscuit with heavy cream and sprinkle turbinado sugar.
  • Bake in the preheated oven for about 15 to 20 minutes.
  • Mix together strawberries, ¼ cup white sugar, and lemon juice in a large bowl and serve it with the biscuits.

Southern Coleslaw

buttermilk recipe

Ingredients:

  • 1 head cabbage, finely shredded
  • 2 carrots, chopped
  • 2 tablespoon onions, finely chopped
  • ½ cup mayonnaise
  • ¼ cup white sugar
  • ¼ cup milk
  • ¼ cup buttermilk
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 2 tablespoon distilled white vinegar
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon black pepper

Method To Prepare:

  • Mix cabbage, carrots, and onion in a large salad bowl. Whisk mayonnaise, sugar, milk, buttermilk, lime juice, vinegar, salt, and black pepper in a separate bowl until smooth and sugar dissolve.
  • Pour dressing over cabbage mixture and mix it well.
  • Cover it and refrigerate slaw for at least 2 hours and mix again before serving.

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To Conclude

Try these buttermilk recipes and make your meals delicious and healthy altogether with a punch of vitamins and minerals!!