Recipes with buttermilk

Old-school Southern buttermilk biscuits made with pure lard for flaky layers and tender crumb. Just five ingredients and minimal kneading for biscuits like grandma used to make.

Mexican corn casserole kicked up with jalapeños and red bell peppers in a cornmeal-buttermilk base loaded with cheddar cheese. Bakes into a moist, spicy side dish that feeds a crowd.

This Tex-Mex chilled red pepper soup blends smoky roasted peppers with tangy buttermilk, sweet corn, and pickled nopales for a bold, refreshing bowl topped with herbed Parmesan tortilla crisps.

Homemade Grape-Nuts cereal from scratch with graham flour, buttermilk, and syrup. Baked into a thin slab, ground through a food chopper, then crisped again for that signature crunch.

Easy banana sheet cake made with yellow cake mix, buttermilk, and orange juice, finished with a broiled brown sugar pecan topping. Bakes in a 9x13 pan for potlucks and parties.

Lovelight chocolate chiffon cake is a light, tender two-layer cake with cocoa and buttermilk, draped in fluffy White Mountain meringue frosting. A retro American layer cake showstopper.

Sugar-free orange cookies for diabetic-friendly baking. Fresh orange juice and zest carry the citrus brightness, sugar substitute keeps them sweet, and buttermilk gives them a tender, soft-cake crumb.

Rustic drop biscuit shortcakes topped with two quarts of maple syrup-soaked strawberries and frozen vanilla yogurt. A lighter spin on the classic that's ready in 20 minutes.

British-style fruit and nut gingerbread loaf with treacle, raisins, chopped almonds, and warm spices. A dense, sticky bake with buttermilk for a tender crumb and deep molasses flavor.

Fudgy brownie cake baked right in wide-mouth canning jars and sealed hot for gift-giving or storage. Cocoa, buttermilk, and walnuts make a rich, moist crumb that keeps beautifully in the sealed jar.

Rich buttermilk chocolate layer cake with melted chocolate and chopped nuts folded right into the batter. A from-scratch classic that bakes up tender and moist every time.

Creamy buttermilk mustard dressing with grated cucumber, citrus zest, and Dijon. Light, tangy, and diabetic-friendly. No cooking required, just blend and chill.

Crispy Southern fried fish in a cayenne-spiked corn flour coating with buttermilk hush puppies fried golden in the same oil. The classic fish fry dinner done right at home.

A delectable and delicious cake that is perfect to make for your next family Christmas dinner.

Whole wheat molasses brown bread with wheat germ, buttermilk, and a generous handful of raisins. A no-yeast quick bread that bakes up dense, dark, and faintly sweet. Slice thick, slather with butter.

Beef meatballs in tangy buttermilk gravy served over noodles or homemade spaetzle. Pan-fried with mustard and onion for old-fashioned German-American flavor.