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Buttermilk

Vanilla-Buttermilk Sheet Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting

A little orange juice (and zest) wakes up the icing of this crowd-pleasing cake with sweet citrus flavor.

Make the Best Chicken Fingers of All Time

The key to crispy, fried greatness lies in a few glugs of buttermilk, a handful of spices, and a bit of time.

Hand Salad With Buttermilk, Grapefruit, and Mixed Seeds

These snaggable, snackable wedges have more in common with a bowl of party mix than any perfunctory salad.

BA's Best Carrot Cake

With crunch from toasted walnuts and an optional boozy punch from rum-plumped raisins, this is the only carrot cake recipe you’ll ever need.

Everybody Wedge Now

Forget about a sit-down dinner—host a wedge salad party instead.

3-Ingredient Buttermilk Biscuits

Here, we make flaky biscuits with just 3 ingredients.

Brown-Butter–Fried Onion Rings

Creamy, rich fat tames even the wildest fire—looking at you, raw onion—and makes any allium more tasty.

Garlic-Herb Naan

This dough will yield enough to make four large flatbreads or eight smaller ones.

Epi Readers Love These 10 Biscuit Recipes

There are over 300 biscuit recipes on our site. These are the ones our readers turn to most.

BA's Best Fried Chicken Sandwich

This sandwich is engineered for maximum impact. Each element is awesome, but it’s the way they come together that puts it over the top. Mmmmm, yeah.

Broccoli-Quinoa Salad with Buttermilk Dressing

If you're ever cornered by a bland bowl of vegetables or whole grains, throw a handful of herbs on it. They instantly make the meal more beautiful and flavorful—without adding any salt, fat, or sugar.

Apricot-Almond Gift Bread

This flavorful sweet bread is packed with dried fruit and nuts and has a very moist crumb. The recipe makes one large loaf or three small loaves that you can give for holiday gifts.

Buttermilk Biscuits With Honey Butter

Sweet honey butter, seasoned with a kiss of flaky sea salt, is the ultimate topping for these light-as-air biscuits.

Fried Chicken Thighs with Cheesy Grits

If you prefer white-meat chicken, use skinless, boneless breasts that have been cut in half crosswise.

Upside-Down Blood-Orange Cake

A touch of polenta in the batter gives this cake satisfying texture and an extra layer of nutty sweetness.

Cracked Black Pepper Pull-Apart Biscuits

Light and fluffy, these peppery biscuits are as good alongside a hearty dinner as they are with jam for breakfast.

Buckwheat-Rye Pancakes

A combination of whole-grain flours gives earthy, nutty complexity (read: tons of flavor) and a satisfying bite to these delicious pancakes. Make a big batch of the mix to keep on hand, or pack some up to deliver to a friend.

Glazed Apple Cider Doughnuts

The classic treat gets a double dose of cider goodness from a syrupy reduction that is both mixed into the dough and used for the shiny glaze.

Coffee Doughnuts with Coffee Glaze

Cold brew concentrate lends robust coffee flavor to these crispy cake doughnuts.

Chai Doughnuts with Spiced Sugar

The warm, sweet spices of masala chai are magic in these homemade doughnuts.