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Cowboy Butter Swim Biscuits
These cowboy butter swim biscuits are scratch biscuits that "swim" in a smoky, spicy chili, garlic, lemon, and herb butter. Golden-topped biscuits have crisp buttery edges and a fluffy interior.

Ingredients
Instructions
- Step 1
Gather all ingredients.
- Step 2
To make the cowboy butter: Stir softened butter, garlic, parsley, chives, mustard, lemon zest, lemon juice, smoked paprika, salt, black pepper, thyme, chili powder, and crushed red pepper in a bowl until well combined; set aside.
- Step 3
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
- Step 4
Place cowboy butter in a 9-inch square glass or ceramic baking dish. Place dish in the oven as it is preheating until butter is fully melted, 3 to 5 minutes; remove from the oven.
- Step 5
To make the biscuit dough: Mix flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt together into a bowl; rub in butter until dough resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in buttermilk to make a dough.
- Step 6
Pour biscuit dough into the baking dish and spread over melted butter. Use a bench scraper to cut dough into 9 equal pieces.
- Step 7
Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown on top, 20 to 25 minutes.
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